CBE 2002; PhD; FREng, FIChemE, FEI; FRSE
Born 15 June 1943; s of Stuart Leonard Archer and Joan (née Watkinson); m 1967, Lesley Oaksford; one s one d; died...
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Archer, Prof. John Stuart, (15 June 1943–9 Dec. 2007), Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University, 1997–2006
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Bourns, Prof. Arthur Newcombe, (8 Dec. 1919–29 May 2015), President and Vice-Chancellor, 1972–80, Professor of Chemistry 1953–81, then Emeritus, McMaster University
OC 1982; FRSC 1964; FCIC
Born 8 Dec. 1919; s of Evans Clement Bourns and Kathleen Jones; m 1943, Marion Harriet Blakney; two s two d; died 29 May 2015...
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Hankins, Prof. Harold Charles Arthur, (18 Oct. 1930–2 May 2009), Principal, 1984–95, Vice-Chancellor, 1994–95, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
CBE 1996; PhD; FREng, FIET
Born 18 Oct. 1930; s of Harold Arthur Hankins and Hilda Hankins; m 1955, Kathleen Higginbottom; three s one d; died 2 May 2009
Principal, ...
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Holliday, Sir Frederick (George Thomas), (22 Sept. 1935–5 Sept. 2016), Chairman, Northumbrian Water Group, 1993–2006 (Director, 1991); Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham, 1980–90
Kt 1990; CBE 1975; FRSE
Born 22 Sept. 1935; s of late Alfred C. and Margaret Holliday; m 1957, Philippa Mary Davidson; one s one d; died 5 Sept. 2016...
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Holmes, Prof. William, (16 Aug. 1922–28 Jan. 2006), Professor of Agriculture, Wye College, University of London, 1955–87, Professor Emeritus, since 1985, Fellow, 1993
Born Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, 16 Aug. 1922; s of William John Holmes, Bank Manager; m 1949, Jean Ishbel Campbell, BSc (d 2002); two d; died 28 Jan. 2006
Professor of Agriculture, Wye College, University of London, ...
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O’Grady, Prof. Francis William, (7 Nov. 1925–20 May 2015), Foundation Professor of Microbiology, University of Nottingham, 1974–88, then Emeritus
CBE 1984; TD 1970; MD, MSc; FRCP, FRCPath, FFPM
Born 7 Nov. 1925; s of Francis Joseph O’Grady and Lilian Maud Hitchcock; m 1951, Madeleine Marie-Thérèse Becquart; three d; died...
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Roberts, Prof. Geoffrey Frank Ingleson, (9 May 1926–24 March 2013), Chairman, British Pipe Coaters Ltd, 1978–88; Professor of Gas Engineering, University of Salford, 1983–89, Professorial Fellow, 1989–91
CBE 1978; FREng
Born 9 May 1926; s of late Arthur and Laura Roberts; m 1st, 1949, Veronica (d 1993), d of late Captain J. Busby, Hartlepool; two ...
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Rooke, Sir Denis (Eric), (2 April 1924–2 Sept. 2008), Chairman, British Gas plc (formerly The Gas Council, then British Gas Corporation), 1976–89 (Deputy Chairman, 1972–76); Chancellor, Loughborough University (formerly Loughborough University of Technology), 1989–2003
OM 1997; Kt 1977; CBE 1970; BSc (Eng.); FRS 1978; FREng
Born 2 April 1924; yr s of F. G. Rooke; m 1949, Elizabeth Brenda, d of D. D. Evans, Ystradgynlais, Brecon; one ...
