J. Richard Batchelor
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Richard Batchelor | |
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Born | John Richard Batchelor 4 October 1931 |
Died | 21 December 2015 | (aged 84)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Immunologist |
Employer | Royal Postgraduate Medical School |
Known for | Transplant immunology |
John Richard Batchelor FRCPath, FRCP (4 October 1931 – 21 December 2015), known as Richard, was a British immunologist, specialising in transplant immunology.[1][2][3]
Batchelor was born in Woking, Surrey, on 4 October 1931 to Esme (née Cornwall) and Basil Batchelor, and was raised in Madras, India.[3] He was educated at Marlborough College and obtained his medical qualifications from the University of Cambridge.[3]
He was Professor of Immunology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, from 1979 to 1994; and afterwards Professor Emeritus.[4]
He died on 21 December 2015.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Morris, Sir Peter J. (May 2016). "Professor J. Richard Batchelor (1931-2015)". Transplantation. 100 (5): 966–967. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000001166. ISSN 0041-1337. PMID 27116577. S2CID 36209334.
- ^ "John Richard Batchelor | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d Brent, Leslie (23 February 2016). "JR Batchelor obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Tilli Tansey; Pippa Catterall; Sonia V Willhoft; Daphne Christie; Lois Reynolds, eds. (1997). Technology Transfer in Britain: The Case of Monoclonal Antibodies; Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity; Endogenous Opiates; The Committee on Safety of Drugs. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-1-869835-79-8. OL 9320034M. Wikidata Q29581528.
External links
[edit]- J. Richard Batchelor on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website