Michael Swann

The Lord Swann
Swann in 1987
Born
Michael Meredith Swann

(1920-03-01)1 March 1920
Died2 September 1990(1990-09-02) (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forThe mechanisms of cell division and fertilisation
Spouse
Tess Gleadowe
(m. 1942)
Children4
Scientific career
Institutions

Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann, FRS, FRSE[1] (1 March 1920 – 22 September 1990) was a British molecular and cell biologist. He was appointed chairman of the BBC, awarded a knighthood and subsequently a life peerage.

  1. ^ Mitchison, J. M. (1991). "Michael Meredith Swann Baron Swann of Coln St Denys. 1 March 1920 – 22 September 1990". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 446–460. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0023. JSTOR 770039. S2CID 70752369.