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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Houses
- NT Armfeild's
- NT Ashburnham
- NT Ashby's
- NT Atwood's
- NT Bainbrigg's
- NT Benthall's
- NT Best's
- NT Bourne's
- NT Burges'
- NT Busby's
- NT Butler's
- NT Chelsum's
- NT Clapham's
- NT Clarke's
- NT College
- NT Dale's
- NT Dean's
- NT Desaguliers'
- NT Douglas'
- NT Dryden's
- NT Du Brieux's
- NT Durand's
- NT Edwards'
- NT Finch's
- NT Fox's
- NT Geary's
- NT Gibson's
- NT Grant's
- NT Greet's
- NT Guthry's
- NT Guyneham's
- NT Hakluyt's
- NT Hart's
- NT Hawkins'
- NT Heath's
- NT Hodgson's
- NT Homeboarders'
- NT Howe's
- NT Hume's
- NT Hutton's
- NT Jackson's
- NT James'
- NT Jones'
- NT Langton's
- NT Levett's
- NT Liddell's
- NT Lloyd's
- NT Ludford's
- NT Macklin's
- NT Majendie's
- NT Maskelyne's
- NT Mellisham's
- NT Milne's
- NT Morel's
- NT Morrison's
- NT Ottey's
- NT Packharness'
- NT Peirson's
- NT Philips'
- NT Playford's
- NT Porten's
- NT Powell's
- NT Prat's
- NT Preston's
- NT Price's
- NT Purcell's
- NT Rigaud's
- NT Russel's
- NT Scott's
- NT Smalridge's
- NT Smalwell's
- NT Smedley's
- NT Smith's
- NT Stelfox's
- NT Stephens'
- NT Stikeman's
- NT Taylor's
- NT Watts'
- NT Williams'
- NT Woodcock's
- NT Wren's
- NT Wynniate's