Adrian of Cambridge

Background

Cambridge, Adrian of was born on November 30, 1889 in London. Son of Alfred Douglas and Flora Lavinia (Barton) A.

Education

Educated, Westminister School, Trinity College Master of Arts, Doctor of Medicine, Cambridge U. honorary degrees various universities.

Career

Lecturer in physiology, Cambridge U., 1920-1929; professor, Cambridge U., 1937-1951; master Trinity College, Cambridge U., 1951-1965; chancellor, Cambridge U., from 1967; chancellor, U. Leicester, 1957-1970. President Royal Society Medicine, 1960-1962.

Achievements

• Adrian of Cambridge has been listed as a noteworthy Educational administrator, university chancellor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Medical Corps, Royal Army, 1916-1919. Fellow Royal Society (Foulerton research professor 1929, foreign secretary 1946, president 1950-1955), Academia del Lincei. Member American Physiological Society, National Academy Medicine (Argentina), Academy Nacional de Medicine (Mexico), NAS (foreign associate), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Academy Medicine (Belgium), Royal Academy Science (Amsterdam), Royal Flemish Academy Science, Academy Science (correspondent), Academy Medicine (foreign associate), Kungl.

Vetenshaps Society, American Philosophical Society.

Connections

Married Hester Agnes Pinsent, June 15, 1923 (deceased 1966). 3 children.

Father:

Alfred Douglas A.

Mother:

Flora Lavinia (Barton) A.

Spouse:

Hester Agnes Pinsent