Adrian, Richard Hume, 2nd Baron Adrian, son of Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (qv); b. 16 Oct. 1927; adm. Feb. 1944 (G); left Dec. 1944; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Lent 1945, BA 1947 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pts 1 and 2), MA 1951; Univ. Coll. Hosp., MB 1951; RAMC 1951-2 (Capt. ); Fellow Corpus Christi Coll. Camb. 1956-61, Churchill Coll. 1961-81 (Hon. Fellow 1985); Univ. lecturer in Physiology 1961-8; Reader in Experimental Biophysics 1968-78; Prof. of Cell Physiology Univ. of Cambridge 1978-1992; succ. his father as 2nd Baron Adrian 4 Aug. 1977; FRS 1977; MD 1978; trustee Brit. Museum 1979, Brit. Museum (Natural History) 1984-7; Master Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1981-1992; Vice-Chancellor Univ. of Cambridge 1985-7; Hon. Fellow Darwin Coll. Camb. 1986; FRCP 1987; Brit. Library Board 1987; American Philosophical Soc. 1987; a Governor of the Sch., appointed 1977, confirmed by Privy Council Statute 1983; a Busby trustee 1986-; m. April 1967 Lucy Caroe PhD, d. of Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe OBE FRIBA FSA, architect; d. 4 Apr. 1995.
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