Robert Winston

British scientist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1940 · age 86

Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter, and Labour peer.

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A life in dates

2014Honorary DoctorateAwardThe Physiological Society Annual Public LectureAward2008Honorary Doctor of the University of AucklandAward1999Michael Faraday PrizeAward1940Born15 July 1940

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Media & music

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Appearing on After Dark in 1994

Winston at the Cheltenham Science Festival in 2011

Awards

The Physiological Society Annual Public Lecture2014

Honorary Doctorate2014

Honorary Doctor of the University of Auckland2008

Michael Faraday Prize1999

Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London

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United Kingdom

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The same award as Robert

Stephen O'RahillyBoth received The Physiological Society Annual Public Lecture

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