John Haybittle | |
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Born | 18 October 1922 |
Died | 19 November 2017 | (aged 95)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Medical physicist |
Employer | Addenbrooke's Hospital |
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Dr John Haybittle (18 October 1922 - 19 November 2017) was a British medical physicist. [1]
Haybittle took up a position as junior physicist at Addenbrooke's Hospital in 1948. He worked there until retirement in 1982, by which time he was Chief Physicist. [2]
He served as secretary of the British Institute of Radiology from 1962 to 1967, and was editor of the British Journal of Radiology from 1981 to 1986. [2]
He was awarded the British Institute of Radiology's Röntgen Prize in 1972 and their Barclay Medal in 1987. [2]
He is a co-inventor, with Richard Peto, of the Haybittle–Peto boundary. [3] [4]
John Haybittle | |
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Born | 18 October 1922 |
Died | 19 November 2017 | (aged 95)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Medical physicist |
Employer | Addenbrooke's Hospital |
Website |
|
Dr John Haybittle (18 October 1922 - 19 November 2017) was a British medical physicist. [1]
Haybittle took up a position as junior physicist at Addenbrooke's Hospital in 1948. He worked there until retirement in 1982, by which time he was Chief Physicist. [2]
He served as secretary of the British Institute of Radiology from 1962 to 1967, and was editor of the British Journal of Radiology from 1981 to 1986. [2]
He was awarded the British Institute of Radiology's Röntgen Prize in 1972 and their Barclay Medal in 1987. [2]
He is a co-inventor, with Richard Peto, of the Haybittle–Peto boundary. [3] [4]