Frank Ellis

Frank Ellis (22 August 1905 – 3 February 2006) was a world leader in the treatment of cancer by radiation therapy.

Early life He was born in Sheffield, England and was educated at King Edward VII School and the University of Sheffield.

Career He subsequently worked as a radiation oncologist at Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield. In 1943 he became the first director of the Radiotherapy Department at the Royal London Hospital. In 1950 he established the Radiotherapy Department at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford. After retiring in 1970, he held visiting professorial appointments at the University of Southern California, in Wisconsin and at the Memorial Sloane-Kettering Institute in New York.

Later life He was active until very close to his death. He died on 3 February 2006 in the Churchill Hospital. There was a memorial service for him at Wolfson College, Oxford, on 17 June 2006.

Honours and awards He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal College of Radiologists in 1987. The Frank Ellis Medal of the Royal College of Radiologists is awarded in his honour and a lecture in his name was held five times 2005–2015.

In 2005, at the age of 100, he received an honorary doctorate from Sheffield University in person. attending the centenary celebrations at the University of Sheffield in 2005 and the Old Edwardians dinner in 2005.