John Butterfield, Baron Butterfield
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William John Hughes Butterfield, Baron Butterfield, OBE, FRCP (28 March 1920 – 22 July 2000) was a leading British medical researcher, clinician and administrator. Positions he held during his distinguished career included Professor of Experimental Medicine at Guy's Hospital, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge, Master of Downing College, Cambridge and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
He was made a life peer in 1988 as Baron Butterfield, of Stechford in the County of West Midlands.
[edit] References
- Mahler, R., 2004, `Butterfield, (William) John Hughes, Baron Butterfield (1920–2000)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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| Preceded by Frederick Dainton |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham 1971–1975 |
Succeeded by Basil Weedon |
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