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Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott

1922 – 2016

Radiobiologist
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About Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott

Lived 1922 – 2016 (aged 93). Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott was a radiobiologist.

Sir Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott FRCR, MRCS, MB BChir, LRCP, 3rd Baronet Scott Of Yews (6 November 1922 – 4 November 2016) was a radiobiologist and philanthropist who worked with LH Gray and on Gray's death became the second director of the Gray Laboratory.

He became in line for the 3rd Baronet Scott on the death of his brother, James Philip Edmund Scott (born 13 August 1915, died in Libya 31 May 1942)

In 1991 the main building of the Cancer Research Campaign Gray Laboratory was named the Oliver Scott Building.

Education Educated at Charterhouse School, Oliver read natural sciences at King's College Cambridge, joined the MRCS and MB BChir 1946 University of Cambridge, LRCP and qualified as a radiologist at St Thomas's Hospital in 1946.

Career HMS Dolphin (1947 - 1949) Director of the Provincial Insurance Company (1955 - 1964) Director of Gray Lab (1965 - 1969), President of the oncology section of the Royal Society of Medicine (1987–88)

Research Oliver Scott was best known for his research on the oxygen effect in radiotherapy.

Oliver Scott provided anonymous funding to the British Empire Cancer Campaign to establish a Radiobiological Research Laboratory with Hal Gray as the first director.

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Radiobiologist
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Sheriff of Westmorland

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott?

(1922-2016)

When was Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott born?

Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott was born on 6 November 1922.

When did Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott die?

Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott died on 4 November 2016.

What was Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott's occupation?

Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott was a radiobiologist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott

· Wikidata: Q76162272

· DBpedia: Oliver Scott

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