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J. Richard Batchelor

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Richard Batchelor
Born
John Richard Batchelor

(1931-10-04)4 October 1931
Woking, Surrey, England
Died21 December 2015(2015-12-21) (aged 84)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Alma mater
OccupationImmunologist
EmployerRoyal Postgraduate Medical School
Known forTransplant 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "John Richard Batchelor | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Brent, Leslie (23 February 2016). "JR Batchelor obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
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