Dr John Haybittle (18 October 1922 - 19 November 2017) was a British medical physicist.[1]
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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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]
References
edit- ^ "RIP John L Haybittle (RGS 1932 – 1940)". Regate Grammar School. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2006). Development of Physics Applied to Medicine in the UK, 1945-1990. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-108-0. OL 8299881M. Wikidata Q29581744.
- ^ Haybittle, J. L. (1971). "Repeated Assessment of Results in Clinical Trials of Cancer Treatment". Br. J. Radiol. 44: 793–797. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-44-526-793. PMID 4940475.
- ^ Peto, R; Pike, MC; Armitage, P; et al. (1976). "Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. I. Introduction and design". Br. J. Cancer. 34 (6): 585–612. doi:10.1038/bjc.1976.220. PMC 2025229. PMID 795448.
External links
edit- John Haybittle on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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