David Hull

Sir David Hull (4 August 1932 – 13 March 2021) was a British paediatrician. Hull was most notable for research and for a paper he published in 1963 in the Journal of Physiology with Michael Dawkins, 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. He then spent two years in the Royal Army Medical Corps, most of which time was spent at the British Military Hospital in Berlin. after which he was appointed in 1966 as Consultant Paediatrician, at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.

In 2005 he was a character witness in the General Medical Council hearing into the conduct of Sir Roy Meadow.

He died on 13 March 2021 at the age of 88 from complications of Parkinson's disease.

Awards and honours Knight Bachelor in 1993. James Spence Medal in 1996.