Sir David Harrison
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Sir David Harrison CBE, FREng (b.3 May 1930 –) is a chemist and academic, who has been Vice Chancellor of the University of Keele
(1979–1984), Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter (1984–1994) and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge
(1994–2000), and Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1997).
He was educated at Selwyn College, reading Natural Sciences (Chemistry), before gaining a PhD in Physical Chemistry. He taught at Cambridge until 1979 becoming a Fellow of Selwyn and its Senior Tutor.
Outside academia, he was Chairman of the Government's Advisory Committee on the safety of nuclear installations.
He was knighted in 1997.
Keele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
(1979–1984), Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter (1984–1994) and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the...
(1994–2000), and Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1997).
He was educated at Selwyn College, reading Natural Sciences (Chemistry), before gaining a PhD in Physical Chemistry. He taught at Cambridge until 1979 becoming a Fellow of Selwyn and its Senior Tutor.
Outside academia, he was Chairman of the Government's Advisory Committee on the safety of nuclear installations.
He was knighted in 1997.