David Hull (paediatrician)
Sir David Hull | |
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Born | [1] Blackburn, Lancashire, England | 4 August 1932
Died | 13 March 2021 | (aged 88)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Liverpool University |
Known for | Research into brown fat |
Awards | FRCP, FRCPCH, James Spence Medal in 1996 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paediatrics |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Sir David Hull FRCP FRCPCH (4 August 1932 – 13 March 2021) was a British paediatrician.[2] Hull was most notable for research and for a paper he published in 1963 in the Journal of Physiology with , about research into brown fat, an adipose-like tissue found in hibernating animals and in the human Infant and for later contributions considered outstanding in research conducted on Lipid metabolism and Thermoregulation.[2]
Early life and education[]
Hull was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, the second son of William Hull and Nellie Hayes. He has a brother, Derek Hull (born 8 August 1931), almost exactly one year older.[1] He attended Poulton-le-Fylde grammar school, before graduating from Liverpool University.[3] He then spent two years in the Royal Army Medical Corps, most of which time was spent at the .[3]
Career[]
On his return, he underwent further medical training in London, and then obtained a post as at the in Oxford.,[3] and then as lecturer in Paediatrics, at the University of Oxford from 1963,[4] after which he was appointed in 1966 as Consultant Paediatrician, at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.[4] In 1972 he became Foundation Professor of Child Health at the University of Nottingham, where he worked until 1996.[4]
He served as President of the Neonatal Society from 1987 until 1991, as President of the British Paediatric Association from 1991 to 1994, and as an adviser on paediatrics to the .[3][4] He received the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's James Spence Medal in 1996, "due to his contributions to a host of organisations and working parties concerned with the health of children".[3] He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1993 New Year Honours, for his work in the field of childcare.[5]
In 2005 he was a character witness in the General Medical Council hearing into the conduct of Sir Roy Meadow.[6]
He died on 13 March 2021 at the age of 88 from complications of dementia.[7]
Awards and honours[]
- Knight Bachelor in 1993.[2]
- James Spence Medal in 1996.
References[]
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1995. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ a b c "James Spence Medallist 1996 - Sir David Hull" (pdf). Archives of Disease in Childhood. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 75 (2): 93–95. 1996. doi:10.1136/adc.75.2.93. ISSN 0003-9888. PMC 1511618. PMID 21032845.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Sir David Hull". Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2001). Origins of Neonatal Intensive Care. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-076-2. Wikidata Q29581646.
- ^ "No. 53153". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1992. pp. 1–27.
- ^ Meikle, James (13 July 2005). "Professor's evidence misleading, rules GMC". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Professor Sir David Hull". Times Newspapers Ltd. The Times. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
External links[]
- David Hull on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- 1932 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Blackburn
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- Knights Bachelor
- Recipients of the James Spence Medal
- Medical scholars of the University of Oxford
- Physicians of Great Ormond Street Hospital