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Master of Trinity College, Cambridge Ashburnham

Huxley, Andrew Fielding, 1917-2012

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  • 1917-2012

Huxley, Sir Andrew Fielding, brother of David Bruce Huxley (qv); b. 22 Nov. 1917; adm. Sert. 1930 (A), non-res. KS Sept. 1931; left July 1935; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935 (open schol.), BA 1938 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pts 1 & 2), MA 1945; Fellow of Trinity 1941; operational res. for AA Command 1940-2, Admiralty 1942-5, Lieut. RNVR May 1944; Camb. Univ. dem­onstrator in Physiology 1949, asst dir. of research 1951, Reader in Experimental Biophysics 1959; Jodrell Prof. of Physiology Univ. Coll. Lond. 1960-9, Roy. Society res. Prof. 1969-83; FRS 1955; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1963; Copley Medal, Royal Society, 1973; Kt 1974; President Royal Society 1980-5; hon. degrees at numerous universities; Fellow Imperial Coll. Lond. 1980, hon. Fellow Darwin Coll. Camb. 1981; OM 1983; Master of Trinity 1984-90; a Governor of the school (ex officio) 1984-90; a Busby Trustee 1986-; m. 5 July 1947 Jocelyn Richenda Gammell, d. of Michael Pease of Girton, Cambridge; d. 30 May 2012.