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Current emeritus professors

A

• R.D. Adams, BSc[Eng] First Class Honours, DSc(Eng)(Lond), PhD(Cantab), CEng, ACGI, FIMechE, FInstP, FIM Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics
• R.W. Alder, MA, DPhil(Oxon), DSc(Bristol), CChem, FRSC Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry
• B.W.E. Alford, BSc(Econ), PhD(Lond) Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History
• G.C.Alleb, BSc(Soton), PhD, DSC, DSc(Bristol), FRSC, CChem, Emeritus Professor of Materials Science
• D.J. Anderson, BDS, MSc, PhD (Lond), LDSRCS Emeritus Professor of Oral Biology
• R.E. Annand, BA(Dunelm) Emeritus Professor of Law
• D.M. Armstrong, BA, BSc(Oxon), PhD(ANU) Emeritus Professor
• D.J.Ashton, BA(Open), MA(Oxon), PhD(Warw), MA(Lanc), ACMA, Emeritus Professor of Accounting and Finance
• M.A. Aston, BA(Birm), MIFA, FSA Emeritus Professor of Landscape Archaeology
• E.D.T. Atkins, BSc(Wales), PhD(Leeds), DSc(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Physics
• C.L.F. Attfield, MA(Econ)(Essex) Emeritus Professor of Econometrics

B

• A.J. Bailey, BSc(Lond), PhD(Birm), MA, ScD(Cantab), FRSC Emeritus Professor of  Biochemistry, Muscle & Collagen
• D.K. Bailey, BSc, PhD(Lond), MA(Dub) Emeritus Professor of  Igneous Geochemistry
• R.J. Bailey-Harris, BCL, MA(Oxon) Emeritus Professor of Law
• J.F. Baldwin, MSc(Leic), DSc(Bristol), AFIMA Emeritus Professor of Artificial Intelligence
• G.G. Balint-Kurti, MA(Cantab), MSc, PhD(Col), Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
• S.D.Banfield, MA(Cantab), DPhil(Oxon), FRCO, Emeritus Professor of Music
• S.Bann, CBE, BA, MA, PhD(Cantab), FBA, Emeritus Professor of History of Art
• M.P. Banton, CMG, JP, BSc(Econ)(Lond), PhD, DSc(Edin) Emeritus Professor of Sociology
• E. Bennathan, MA(Cantab), MComm(Birm) Emeritus Professor of Political Economy
• P.M. Bennett, BSc, PhD(Glas) Emeritus Professor of Bacterial Genetics
• J.E. Beringer, CBE, BSc(Edin), PhD(EAnglia) Emeritus Professor Molecular Genetics
• D.C. Berry, MDS, PhD(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Dental Surgery
• M.V. Berry, PHD(StAnd), DSc(Exon), SCD(Dub), FRS, Emeritus Professor of Physics
• P.J. Berry, BA, MB,BChir(Cantab), FRCP, FRCPath Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Pathology
• D.I. Blockley, BEng, PhD(Sheff), DSc(Bristol), FREng, FIStructE, FICE Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering
• S.R. Bowes, PhD, DSc(Leeds), FIEE, FIMechE, FIEEE Emeritus Professor of  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• J.W.B. Bradfield, MA, BM, BCh(Oxon), PhD(Lond), FRCPath Emeritus Professor of Histopathology
• E.W. Bradford, DDSc(StAnd), MDS(Sheff) Emeritus Professor of Dental Surgery
• H.K.Bradley, BA(Bristol), BSc(Leic), PhD(Dunelm), Emeritus Professor of Sociology
• E. Braun, MA, PhD(Cantab) Emeritus Professor
• R.G.Brereton, MA, PhD(Cantab), Emeritus Professor of Chemometrics
• A.A. Brewer, MA(Cantab), Emeritus Professor of History of Economics
• D.R.Brookshaw, BA, PhD(Lond) Emeritus Professor
• M.W.Brown, MA, PhD(Cantab), FRS, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy
• J. Bryce, MA, PhD(Aberd), Emeritus Professor of Italian
• A.J. Buller, ERD, BA(Open), BSc, MB, BS(Lond), PhD(Bristol), FRCP Emeritus Professor of Physiology
• R. Bullock, BA(Leic), MA(Essex), PhD(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Child Welfare Research
• J.A. Burrow, MA(Oxon), FBA Emeritus Professor of English

C

• A.V. Campbell, MA, BD(Edin), ThD (SanFrancisco) Emeritus Professor of Medicine
• R.G. Chambers, MA, PhD(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Physics
• W. Chester, MSc, PhD(Manc) Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
• E.G.Clark, MA, DPhil(Oxon), Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History
• C.G.A. Clay, MA, PhD(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Economic History
• R.R Clements, MA, PGCE, Ph.D(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Engineering Mathematics
• R.R. Clements, PGCE, MA, PhD(Cantab), Emeritus Professor of Engineering Mathematics
• J.R.T. Colley, BSc, MD, BS(Lond), MRCS, FRCP, FFCM Emeritus Professor of Public Health Medicine
• N.G.Connelly, BSc, PhD(Sheff), DSc(Bristol), CChem, FRSC, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
• T.Cosgrove, MSc, PhD(Manc), DSc(Bristol), Emeritus Professor of Chemistry

D

• E.L.Dagless, BSc(Eng), PhD(Sur), CEng, FIET, Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics
• E.R. Davies, CBE, MA, MB, BChir(Cantab), DMRD, FRCPE, FRCR, FFR(RCSI), FDSRCS Emeritus Professor of Clinical Radiology
• G.C. Davis, BA(Wales) Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies
• R.M. Denton, MA, PhD(Cantab), DSc(Bristol), FMedSci, FRS, Emeritus Professor
• D.L. Dineley, BSc, PhD(Birm), CGeol Emeritus Professor of Geology
• R.N. Dixon, BSc(Lond), PhD(Cantab), ScD(Cantab), FRS, FRSC, CChem Emeritus Professor in Chemistry
• W. Doyle, MA, DPhil(Oxon), DUniv(Bordeaux), FRHistS, FRS, Emeritus Professor of History
• M.R.Duffield, BA(Sheff), PhD(Birm), Emeritus Professor of Development Politics
• W.P.H. Duffus, BVCs, PhD(Liv), MA(Cantab), MRCVS, Emeritus Professor
• D. Dugdale, BSc, MSc, PhD(Hull), ACMA, Emeritus Professor of Management Accounting
• P.M. Dunn, MA, MD(Cantab), DCH, FRCP, FRCOG, FRCPCH Emeritus Professor of Prenatal Medicine and Child Health

E

• D.L. Easty, MD(Manc), FRCS, DO, FCOphth Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology
• D.A. Egginton, BSc(Econ)(Lond), FCA Emeritus Professor of Accounting
• G. Eglinton, PhD, DSc(Manc), FRS Emeritus Professor in Organic Geochemistry
• E.G. Ellison, BSc(Eng), PhD(Lond), CEng, FIMechE Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• C.J. Elson, BSc, PhD(Edin) Emeritus Professor of Immunology
• J.E. Enderby, Kt, CBE, BSc, PhD(Lond), DSc(Lough), CPhys, FInstP, FRS Emeritus Professor of  Physics
• A. Epstein, Kt, CBE, MA, MD(Cantab), PhD, DSc(Lond), FRCPath, FRS, FRSE Emeritus Professor of Pathology
• R.K. Etherington, MSc, PhD(Bristol), Emeritus Professor
• R.Evans, BSc(Birm), PhD(Bristol), FInstP, Emeritus Professor
• J.W. Eveson, BSc, BDS(Bristol, PhD(Glas), FDSRCPS(Glas), FRCPath, FDSRCSEng, Emeritus Professor of Head and Neck Pathology

F

• R.S.Forrest, MSocSc(Birm), PhD(Bristol), Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies
• B. Foster, BSc(Lond), DPhil(Oxon), FInstP Emeritus Professor of Physics
• K.R.Fox, BSc(Lond), MSc, PhD(Arizona), PGCE Emeritus Professor of Exercise and Health Sciences
• S.J. Frankel, MA, DM,BCh(Oxon), PhD(Cantab), FRCP, FFPHM Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine
• M.P. Furmston, MA, BCL(Oxon), LLM(Birm) Emeritus Professor of Law

G

• E.A.M.Gale, MB, BChir(Cantab), FRCP, Emeritus Professor
• M.J. Golding, OBE, MA(Oxon), PhD(Lond), DSc(Bristol), FSS, FFPHM, MRCPCH, FMedSci Emeritus Professor of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
• K. Graham, BA(Lond), BPhil(Oxon), PhD(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Social Political Philosophy
• P.J.Green, BA(Oxon), MSc, PhD(Sheff), C Stat, FRS, Emeritus Professor
• T.J.Gruffydd-Jones, BVetMed(Lond), PhD(Bristol), MRCVS, Emeritus Professor of Feline Medicine
• H. Gutfreund, PhD(Cantab), FRS Emeritus Professor in Physical Biochemistry
• B.L. Gyorffy, BS, PhD(Yale), FInstP Emeritus Professor of Physics

H

• P. Haggett, CBE, MA, PhD, ScD(Cantab), DSc(York(Can), Dunelm and Copen), LLD(Bristol), FBA Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Geography
• G.M.Hague, BSc(Soton), PhD(Bristol, DSA, CASS9Bristol), Emeritus Professor
• S.E.Halford, BSc, PhD(Bristol), DSc, FRS Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry
• L.Hall, BSc(Leeds), PhD(Leic), Emeritus Professor
• G.W.C. Hanks, BSc, MB, BS(Lond), DipPharmMed, FRCP, FRCPEd, FFPM, DSc(Med), FRCP, Emeritus Professor
• A. Harrison, TD, QHDS, BDS, PhD(Wales), FDSRCS, FADM Emeritus Professor of Dental Care of the Elderly
• G. Harrison, MD, ChB(Dund), FRCPsych, Emeritus Professor
• R.J. Harrison, MA(Cantab), PhD(Harvard), FSA, PhD, Emeritus Professor of European Prehistory
• D.L.Henshaw, BSc(Lond), PhD(Nott) Emeritus Professor
• N. Higham, OBE, BA(Sheff), MA(Leeds), ALA
• R. Hodder-Williams, MA(Oxon), FRSA Emeritus Professor of Politics
• P.E. Holt, BVMS(Glas), PhD(Bristol), DipECVS, CBiol, FBiiol, FRCVS, Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Surgery
• D,W,Hopkins, MA(Cantab), PhD(Leic), Emeritus Professor of English
• W.D. Howarth, MA(Oxon), DUniv(BordeauxIII), DUniv(Bordeaux), DLitt(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Classical French Literature and Senior Research Fellow
• E. Hoyle, BSc(Soc), MA(Lond) Emeritus Professor of Education

J

• J.Y.Jeremy, MSc(Oxon), PhD(Lond), FRSH Emeritus Professor
• M.L. Johnson, BA(Leic), DSAS(Oxon), FRSA Emeritus Professor of Health and Social Policy
• O.T.G. Jones, BSc, PhD(Liv) Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry

K

• O P.M. Keen, BVSc(Bristol), PhD(Lond), MRCVS Emeritus Professor of Pre-Clinical Veterinary Studies
• H.E. Kempson, BSc(Sus), DipLib(Wales), Professional Research Fellow in Finance and Social Policy Research
• D.F.Kennedy, MA(Dub), PhD(Cantab), Emeritus Professor of Latin Literature
• J.H.S. Kent, MA, PhD(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Theology
• J.R. Kerridge, MA, LLB(Cantab), Emeritus Professor
• U.M. King, STL(Paris), MA(Delhi), PhD(Lond), DD(Edin) Emeritus Professor of Theology and Religious Studies
• S.A.R. Knox, BSc, PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry

L

• C.M.H. Land, BSc(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Family Policy and Child Welfare
• S.N.Lawson, BSc, PhD(Bristol), Emeritus Professor
• I.D Learmonth, MB, ChB(Stell), FRCS(Eng), FRCS (Ed), FCS (SA) Orth FRCS (SA) Orth  Emeritus Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
• A.C. Legon, BSc, PhD(UCLond), DSc(Lond), FRSC, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry
• J.M. Lee, MA, BLitt(Oxon) Emeritus Professor of Politics
• A.H. Linton, PhD, DSc(Bristol), FRCPath, ARCVS Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology
• S.J.W.Lisney, BSc, BDS, MA, PhD(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology
• R. Little, BSc(Lond), MA(Lehigh), PhD(Lac), Emeritus Professor of International Politics
• R. Lowe, BA(Bristol), PhD(Lond), FRHistS, Emeritus Professor of Contemporary History
• M.V. Lowson, BSc(Eng), PhD(Soton), FREng, FRAeS, FAIAA Emeritus Professor of Advanced Transport

M

• C.MacLeod, BA(Oxon), PhD(Cantab), Emeritus Professor of Historical Studies
• J. MacMillan, BSc, PhD(Glas), DSc(Bristol), FRS Emeritus Professor of Organic Biological Chemistry
• J.M. Marstrand, MA, DPhil(Oxon), MA(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics
• C.A.Martindale, MA, BPhil(Oxon), PhD(Bristol), Emeritus Professor of Latin
• H.T. Mason, BA(Wales), AM(Middlebury), DPhil(Oxon) Emeritus Professor of French
• B. Matthews, BDS(Lond), PhD(Bristol) Emeritus Professor
• J.R.Maxwell, BSc, PhD(Glas), DSc(Bristol), ChChem, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
• J.A. McCleverty, BSc(Aberd), PhD(Lond), DIC, FRSChem Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
• P.J. Miller, BSc, PhD(Liv), DSc(Bristol) Emeritus Professor
• S.L. Millham, OBE, MA(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Social Policy Social Planning
• R.D. Milne, BSc(Aberd), MSc(CranIT), PhD(Lond), FIMA Emeritus Professor of Engineering Mathematics
• J.F. Mitchell, MA(Cantab), BSc, PhD(StAnd), FIBiol Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
• A.J.Morgan, BSc(Bath), PhD(Cantab), Emeritus Professor of Virology
• H.G. Morgan, MA, MD(Cantab), DPM, FRCP, FRCPsych Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow of  Mental Health
• R.E. Morgan, BSc(Soton) Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice
• A. Morton, BA(McG), PhD(Prin) Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
• M.G. Mott, MB,ChB, DSc(Bristol), FRCP, FRCPCH Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Oncology
• T.W.Mowl, BEd(Bristol), MA Honours(Birm), DPhil(Oxon), FSA
• D. Muir-Wood, MA, PhD(Cantab), FREng, FICE, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering
• M.D.Y.F.Mumford, MA(Cantab), MD, ChB(Bristol), MPhil(Edin), FRCPsych Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry

N

• D.E. Nineham, MA, DD(Oxon), BD(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Theology
• J.F. Nye, MA, PhD(Cantab), FRS Emeritus Professor of Physics

O

• D.C.Offord, BA(Cantab) PhD(Lond) Emeritus Professor
• M.J.Osborn, BSc, MPhil(Lond), PhD(Bristol), Emeritus Professor

P

• R.A. Parker, BSc(Soc), PhD(Lond) Emeritus Professor of Social Policy
• J. Parkin, BA(Oxon), PhD(Glas) Emeritus Professor
• J.H.M. Parry, MA(Oxon)
• P. Parsloe, BA, PhD(Bristol) Emeritus Professor of Social Work
• T.M. Partington, CBE, BA, LLB(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Law
• R.A. Peace, MA, BLitt(Oxon) Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies
• G.R. Pearson, BVMS(Glas), PhD(Belf), MRCVS, FRCPath, Emeritus Professor
• P.H. Pettit, MA(Oxon) Emeritus Professor of Equity
• B.T. Pickering, BSc, PhD, DSc(Bristol), HonMD(Bucharest) Emeritus Professor of Anatomy
• G.R. Poole, BA(EAnglia), BMus, DMus(Soton), LRAM, Emeritus Professor of Music
• G.G.M Pridham ( from 1 Dec 2007)  M.A.(Cantab.) Ph.D.(Lond.)Emeritus Professor of European Politics
• A.W. Preece, BSc(Bristol), PhD(EAnglia), FIPSM Emeritus Professor of Medical Physics
• C. Prys-Roberts, MA, DM(Oxon), PhD(Leeds), FRCA, FANZCA Emeritus Professor of Anaesthesia

Q

• D.L. Quinton, MA(Cantab), PhD(Lond) Emeritus Professor of Psychosocial Development

R

• K. Ranatunga, BSc(SLanka), PhD(Bristol), Emeritus Professor
• P.M. Rea-Dickins, MA, PhD(Lanc), Emeritus Professor
• H.S. Reiss, MA, PhD(Dub) Emeritus Professor of  German
• P.J. Roberts, PhD(Bristol), PhD(Dund), Emeritus Professor
• W.P. Robinson, MA, DPhil(Oxon), FBPsS Emeritus Professor of Experimental Psychology
• W.J.N. Rudd, MA, PhD, DLitt(Dub) Emeritus Professor of  Latin

S

• R.B.K.Sampson, MA(Cantab and Manc), Emeritus Professor of French
• G. Sanford, BA(Bristol), MPhil, PhD(Lond), Emeritus Professor of East European Politics
• R.H.J. Sellin, PhD, DSc(Bristol), CEng, FICE Emeritus Professor of  Hydraulic Engineering
• F. Shaw, MA(Manc), DrPhil(Bonn) Emeritus Professor  of Medieval German
• J.C. Shepherdson, MA, ScD(Cantab), FBA Emeritus Professor  of Mathematics
• I.A. Silver, MA(Cantab), FRCVS Emeritus Professor  of Anatomy (Veterinary Science)
• B.W. Silverman, BTh(Soton), MA, PhD, ScD(Cantab), CStat, FRS Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
• P.N. Skrine, MA(Cantab), DUniv(Stras) Emeritus Professor of German
• V. Skultans Shelley, BA(Lond), PhD(Wales), Emeritus Professor
• P.L.Smart, BSc, MSc(Alta), PhD(Bristol), Emeritus Professor of Geography
• I. Smith, MA(Cantab), LLD(Dub), ARIBA, RWA Emeritus Professor of Architecture
• L. Solomon, MD, ChB(CapeT), FRCS Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
• P.W Soothill, B.Sc, MD thesis, FRCOG,,M.D, B.S(Lond) Emeritus Professor of Maternal and Fetal Medicine
• J.Speedy, BA(York), MSc(Bristol), PhD(Bristol), DipCounselling(Lond), Emeritus Professor of Education
• D.C.E. Speller, BA(Open), MA, BM, BCh(Oxon), FRCP, FRCPath Emeritus Professor of Clinical Bacteriology
• M. Springford, BSc(Dunelm), PhD(Hull), FInstP Emeritus Professor of Physics
• J.W. Steeds, BSc(Lond), PhD(Cantab), FinstP, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Physics
• C.D. Stephens, OBE, BDS(Lond), MDS(Bristol), FDSRCS(Ed&Eng), MOrthRCS(Eng) Emeritus Professor of Child Health
• M.C.G.Stevens, MB,BS, MD(Lond), FRCP, FRCPCH, FRCR Emeritus Professor
• G.M. Stirrat, MA(Oxon), MB,ChB(Glas), MD(Lond), FRCOG Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• A.K. Stobart, BSc(Dunelm), PhD(N'cle) Emeritus Professor of Plant Biochemistry
• B.E.Sufrin, LLB(Birm), Emeritus Professor of Law

T

• M.J.A. Tanner, MA, PhD(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry
• E.J. Thomas, MA(Oxon), MSc(Lond), PhD(Manc) Emeritus Professor
• N.J. Thrift, BA(Wales), PhD, DSc(Bristol) Emeritus Professor in School of Geographical Sciences
• R.C. Tinsley, BSc, PhD(Leeds), Emeritus Professor of Zoology
• A.C. Tomlinson, CBE, MA(Cantab&Lond), DLitt(Keele, Colgate&NewMexico), FRSL Emeritus Professor
• J.A. Tuck, MA, PhD(Cantab), FRHistS Emeritus Professor of Medieval History

U

• T.A.Unwin, MA(Cantab), MA, PhD(Exon), Emeritus Professor of French

V

• B Vincent,Ph.D, D.Sc(Bristol) M.Sc Emeritus Leverhulme Professor of  Physical Chemistry
• J.R. Vincent, MA, PhD(Cantab), FRHistS Emeritus Professor of History

W

• L.M. Ward, BSc(Lond), PhD(Bristol), OBE, Professor of Disability and Social Policy
• A.E. Walsby, BSc(Birm), PhD(Lond), FRS Emeritus Professor  of Microbiology
• P.M. Warren, BA(Wales), MA, PhD(Cantab), FSA, FBA Emeritus Professor of Archeology
• R.H.C. Warren, MA, MusD(Cantab) Emeritus Professor of Music
• J.C. Watkins, MSc(WAust), PhD(Cantab), FRS Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
• E.T. Webb, BA, MA(Dub), DPhil(Oxon) Emeritus Professor of English
• A. Webster, BA(Keele), MSc(Lond), MPhil(Bristol), PhD(Nott), CPsychol, FBPsS Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry
• A.J.F. Webster, MA, VetMB(Cantab), PhD(Glas), MRCVS Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology
• P.N.T. Wells, BSc(Aston), MSc, PhD, DSc(Bristol), DTech(Lund), FIPM, FInstP, FIEE, FRCR, FREng, FRS Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine
• A.G.L.Whitelaw, MB B Chir, MD, MRCP, FRCPCH, Emeritus Professor
• M.C. Whiting, MA, BSc, PhD(Lond) Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry
• P.M.Williams, BA(Sus), DPhil(Oxon), Emeritus Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy
• J.D. Wood, BSc(N’cle), PhD(C’nell), Emeritus Professor

Emeritus Deans

• Dr Bill Boyd B.Sc,.Ph.D (Dund), Emeritus Dean of Science
• Mr Michaell Liversidge BA (Lond),FSA. Emeritus Dean of Arts
• Dr E Bird MBE BA(Oxon), MA, Dphil (Sus) Emeritus Dean of Arts