About David Kerr
Lived 1927 – 2014 (aged 87). David Kerr was a British physician, nephrologist and university teacher.
Professor David Nichol Sharp Kerr (1927–2014) was a British nephrologist.
Kerr was born on 27 December 1927 in Hackney, London, England.
He attended George Watson's Boys School, Edinburgh, and then the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained his MB ChB with Honours in 1951. He subsequently undertook an MSc in Anatomy at the University of Wisconsin.
He served as editor of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London from 1994 to 1998.
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Who was David Kerr?
professor of renal medicine
When was David Kerr born?
David Kerr was born on 17 January 1927 in London Borough of Hackney.
When did David Kerr die?
David Kerr died on 17 January 2014.
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David Kerr was a physician, nephrologist and university teacher.
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David Kerr was British.
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· DBpedia: David Kerr (nephrologist)
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