Malcolm Stevens
Malcolm Stevens | |
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| Born | Malcolm Francis Graham Stevens 1938 (age 85–86) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | Bolton School |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Spouse | Valerie Deans (m.1961) |
Malcolm Francis Graham Stevens OBE, FRS (born 1938)[1] is an English chemist and Emeritus professor of the University of Nottingham, having previously worked at Aston University where he developed the cancer drug temozolomide.[2][3]
Education and family
Stevens attended Bolton School, Lancashire, and then obtained a B.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham.[4]
He married Valerie Deans at Christ Church, Heaton, Bolton, in 1961.[5][6]
Career
Stevens took up a post of Reader in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Aston University in 1972, and was later appointed Professor. He headed the Cancer Research UK Experimental Cancer Chemotherapy group from 1980 to 2006, moving to the University of Nottingham in 1992.[3][7]
Recognition
Stevens was appointed OBE in the 1999 New Year Honours "For services to the development of Cancer Drugs", being described as "Professor of Experimental Cancer Chemotherapy, University of Nottingham".[8] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2009.[2]
References
- ^ "Birth index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. September 1961. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Malcolm Stevens". The Royal Society. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Malcolm Stevens". School of Pharmacy. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "100 Inspiring Minds – Professor Malcolm Stevens OBE, FRS". Bolton School. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Marriage index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. September 1961. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Marriage Indexes". lancashirebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Professor Malcolm Stevens OBE, FRS". 50 Aston Greats. Aston University. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "No. 55354". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1998. p. 13.
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