Peter Orchard Williams (23 September 1925 − 25 July 2014) was a British physician, who served as Director of the Wellcome Trust, and of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
Peter Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Orchard Williams 23 September 1925 |
| Died | 25 July 2014 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Employer | Medical Research Council |
The son of Agnes (née Birkinshaw) and Robert Williams, he was born on 23 September 1925 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, where his father, a botanist, was curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens.[1][2]
He read medicine at the University of Cambridge for two years, then spent four years at St Mary's Hospital Medical School.[2] He undertook National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps for three years, spending some time in Germany.[2] on his return, he was employed from 1955 to 1960 by the Medical Research Council as a medical officer.[3]
Williams joined the Wellcome Trust in 1960, becoming director in 1965, and retiring from there in 1991.[2] During that time, he managed a hundred-fold increase in the Trust's budget.[2]
Williams was awarded honorary degrees by the University of Birmingham (1989), University of Nottingham (1990). University of the West Indies (1991). University of Glasgow (1992), and University of Oxford (1993).[4]
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1991 Birthday Honours.[5] He was a founder member of The Hague Club, and of the Association of Medical Research Charities.[1] He was president of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from 1991 to 1993.[4]
Williams died on 25 July 2014, aged 89, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Gordon, David; Tansey, Tilli (15 August 2014). "Peter Williams obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Watts, Geoff (13 December 2014). "Peter Orchard Williams". The Lancet. 384 (9960): 2104. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62363-1. PMID 25517005. S2CID 43672627. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2000), Clinical Research in Britain, 1950-1980, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, Wikidata Q29581639
- ^ a b "Munks Roll Details for Peter Orchard Williams". Munks Roll.
- ^ "No. 52563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1991. pp. 1–28.
External links
edit- Peter Williams on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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