David Williams (British legal scholar)

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Sir David Williams
QC, DL
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
In office
1989-1996
ChancellorHRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Preceded byMichael McCrum
Succeeded byAlec Broers
Personal details
Born(1930-10-22)22 October 1930
Died6 September 2009(2009-09-06) (aged 78)
Alma materQueen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen
Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Sir David Glyndwr Tudor Williams, QC, DL (22 October 1930 – 6 September 2009[1]), was a barrister and the first full-time Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1989–1996.

He was first educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen, and was a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (in History and Law). He was a Harkness Fellow at Berkeley and Harvard between 1956 and 1958.[2] He moved to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, from Keble College, Oxford in 1967 and was subsequently promoted to Reader in Public Law 1976-1980, before being appointed Rouse Ball Professor of English Law 1983-1992 and elected President of Wolfson College, Cambridge 1980-1992.

In 1989 he was appointed the first full-time Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics from 1991 to 1994.[3] In 2007 he was appointed as the chancellor of Swansea University.[4]

Sir David had been awarded honorary degrees by a dozen institutions, including an honorary LLD from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Western Ontario.

Sir David died from cancer on 6 September 2009 at the age of 78.[5]

In 2016, the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law named its building[6] and a Chair in Public Law[7] after him.

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2009-09-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/assets/documents/academics/undergraduate/uga/nafa/SirDavidWilliams.pdf
  3. ^ "Past Council Members". Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. ^ Wolfson College News » Professor Sir David Williams inaugurated as Chancellor of Swansea University
  5. ^ Professor Sir David Williams: legal scholar The Times. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Naming of the Law Faculty building | Faculty of Law". www.law.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  7. ^ "Gift in honour of Sir David Williams | Faculty of Law". www.law.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-04.

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Academic offices
Preceded by President of Wolfson College, Cambridge
1980–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
1989–1996 		Succeeded by
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