Background
Cuthbert, Alan William was born on May 7, 1932 in Peterborough, England. Son of Thomas William and Florence Mary (Griffin) Cuthbert.
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Cuthbert, Alan William was born on May 7, 1932 in Peterborough, England. Son of Thomas William and Florence Mary (Griffin) Cuthbert.
Bachelor Pharmacology, University London, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1963. Bachelor of Science, St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1956.
Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1964. Doctor of Science, Cambridge (England) University, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), DeMontfort University, 1993.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dundee University, 1995. Doctor of Science (honorary), Aston University, 1995.
Research fellow to assistant lecturer department pharmacology, U. London School Pharmacy, 1959-1963; demonstrator, U. Cambridge, 1963-1966; lecturer, U. Cambridge, 1966-1973; reader, U. Cambridge, 1973-1979; Sheild professor, head Department, University Cambridge, since 1979; master, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, since 1991. Member Agricultural and Food Research Council, 1988-1991.
Governor Newport Grammar School, Essex, England, 1986-1991. Lieutenant Royal Navy, 1956-1959. Fellow Royal Society (council 1986-1988).
Member British Pharmacological Society (foreign secretary since 1997), Physiological Society, Society General Physiology, Zoological Society (council 1988-1990), Royal Academy Medicine.
Married Harriet Jane Webster, April 22, 1958. Children: Adrian, Bruce.