Professor Kenneth Bagshawe | |
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Born | Kenneth Dawson Bagshawe 17 August 1925 |
Died | 27 December 2022 Paddington, London, England | (aged 97)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Oncologist |
Kenneth Dawson Bagshawe CBE FRS FRCP FRCOG FRCR [1] (17 August 1925 – 27 December 2022) was a British oncologist, and Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology, at Charing Cross Hospital.[2][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]
Bagshawe 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 in Paddington, London on 27 December 2022, at the age of 97.[7]