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Kenneth Bagshawe

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Professor
Kenneth Bagshawe
CBE FRCP FRCOG FRCR
Born
Kenneth James Pursglove Bagshawe

(1925-08-17)17 August 1925
Marple, Cheshire, England
Died27 December 2022(2022-12-27) (aged 97)
Paddington, London, England
Other nameKenneth Dawson Bagshawe
Occupations

Kenneth James Pursglove Bagshawe (17 August 1925 – 27 December 2022) was a British oncologist and academic, who was emeritus professor of medical oncology at Charing Cross Hospital.[1][2]

Life and career

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Kenneth James Pursglove Bagshawe was born in Marple, Cheshire, England on 17 August 1925, to Harry Bagshawe, a clerk, and Gladys (née Dawson), a milliner.[3]

Bagshawe worked at St Mary's Hospital Medical School from 1946 to 1952, and subsequently became a research fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, United States, in 1955.[4]

From 1960, he was senior lecturer in medicine at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, and professor of medical oncology there (from 1975 to 1990).[4]

He served as chair of the Cancer Research Campaign's Scientific Committee (from 1983 to 1988).[4]

Bagshawe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1989,[4][5] and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1990 Birthday Honours.[6]

Bagshawe died from pneumonia in Paddington, London on 27 December 2022, at the age of 97.[7][3][8]

Works

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  • Choriocarcinoma: the clinical biology of the trophoblast and its tumours, Edward Arnold, 1969
  • (editor) Medical oncology: medical aspects of malignant disease, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1975, ISBN 978-0-632-09370-0
  • (editor) VP-16: recent advances and future prospects Grune & Stratton, 1985

References

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  1. ↑ "Membership of Advisory Council" (PDF). Cancer Research. 59 (7 Supplement). 1 April 1999. ISSN 1538-7445. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 1 2 "Bagshawe, Kenneth James Purslove [Ken]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2007). The Discovery, Use and Impact of Platinum Salts as Chemotherapy Agents for Cancer. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-112-7. OL 25554713M. Wikidata Q29581749.
  5. ↑ "Kenneth Bagshawe". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "No. 52173". The London Gazette. 15 June 1990. pp. 1–28.
  7. ↑ "Prof Kenneth Dawson Bagshawe, CBE FRS FRCP FRCOG FRCR death notice". The Telegraph. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ken Bagshawe: physician, scientist, and innovator in medical oncology". British Medical Journal. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
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