Iain Campbell (biophysicist)

Iain Donald Campbell, FRS (24 April 1941 – 5 March 2014) was a Scottish biophysicist and academic. He was Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford from 1992 to 2009.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Early life

Campbell was born on 24 April 1941 in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.^[3] He was the son of Daniel Campbell and Catherine Campbell (née Lauder).^[8] He was educated at Perth Academy, a state school in Perth.^[3] He went on to study physics at the University of St Andrews,^[4] graduating in 1963.^[9] He remained at St Andrews to undertake post-graduate research and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in physics.^[4] His doctoral advisor was Dirk Bijl,^[3] and he undertook research under John F. Allen.^[9]

Career

Iain Campbell worked briefly at the University of Bradford before moving to the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory of Oxford University in South Parks Road, Oxford, in 1967, to work with the chemist Sir Rex Richards.^[10] Campbell became a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford in 1987 and Emeritus Research Fellow in 2009.

Awards and Honours

Campbell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1995.^[10] He was a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation. He was awarded the Croonian Medal by the Royal Society and received honorary degrees from the University of Lund, University of Portsmouth and University of St Andrews. In 2006, he delivered the Croonian Lecture to the Royal Society.^[2]

Personal life

Campbell married Karin Wehle in 1967.^[10] They had two daughters (1968 and 1969) and a son (1973). The family lived in Summertown, north Oxford. Campbell died of bone cancer.

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