Oliver Scott

Oliver Scott
Oliver Scott
Born
Oliver Christopher Anderson Scott

(1922-11-06)6 November 1922
Died4 November 2016(2016-11-04) (aged 93)[1]
Education
Known forOxygen effect
SpousePhoebe-Anne Tolhurst
Children
Parents
Awards
Honorary Fellowship in the British Institute of Radiology
Scientific career
FieldsRadiobiology
Institutions

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.[2]

  1. ^ Trott, K. R. (2016). "Oliver Scott (1922-2016)". Radiotherapy and Oncology. 121 (3): 480–481. doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2016.11.018. PMID 28328413.
  2. ^ Denekamp, J. (1991) Cancer Research Campaign Gray Laboratory Annual Report. rep. Northwood: Cancer Research Campaign Gray Laboratory, p. 3.