The Nuffield Professorship of Clinical Medicine is a chair at the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

. Created by the endowment of

William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (10 October 1877 – 22 August 1963), was an English motor manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of Morris Motors Limited and is remembered for establishing the Nuffield Foundation, th ...

, it was established in 1937. The chair is associated with a fellowship of

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and ...

List of Nuffield Professors of Clinical Medicine

* 1937–1965: Leslie John Witts * 1965–1974: Paul Bruce Beeson * 1974–1992:

Sir David Weatherall Sir David John Weatherall (9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine. Early life and education David Weatherall was born in Liverpool.Geoff Watt ...

* 1992–2002: Sir John Bell * 2004–2016: Sir Peter Ratcliffe * 2019–present: Richard Cornall

References

{{reflist Professorships at the University of Oxford Professorships in medicine