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Kenneth Calman

Scottish doctor and cancer researcher (1941-2025) · United Kingdom · Doctors · Died at 83

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Sir Kenneth Charles Calman was a Scottish doctor and academic who worked as a surgeon, oncologist and cancer researcher, and held the position of Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England.

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A life in dates

2025Died21 July 20252008Named President of the British Medical AssociationOffice1 January 2008 to 1 January 20092006Named Chancellor of the University of GlasgowOffice1 January 2006 to 1 January 20201998Named Vice-chancellor of Durham UniversityOffice1 January 1998 to 1 January 2006Fellow of the Academy of Medical SciencesAward1996Honorary DoctorateAwardKnight Commander of the Order of the BathAward1995Bisset Hawkins MedalAward1989Fellow of the Faculty of Public HealthAwardFellow of the Royal College of General PractitionersAwardFellow of the Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghAward1985Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of LondonAward1979Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1971Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowAward1941Born25 December 1941

Awards

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences1998

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath1996

Honorary Doctorate, The Open University1996

Bisset Hawkins Medal1995

Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners1989

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh1989

Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health1989

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London1985

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1979

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow1971

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Child: Susan Calman

About this person

Sir Kenneth Charles Calman was a Scottish doctor and academic who worked as a surgeon, oncologist and cancer researcher, and held the position of Chief Medical Officer of Scotland, and then England. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006 before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He held the position of Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute from 2008 until 2011. From 2008 to 2009, he was convener of the Calman Commission on Scottish devolution.

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United Kingdom