Assistant Directors of Research (ADRs. To 2000)

The title of Assistant Director of Research was first assigned in 1924 to one of the persons to whom the heads of some large scientific departments had delegated, in respect of defined areas or lines of research, their duties of direction of research in their departments. Several such posts were made possible under the terms of the Rockefeller benefaction. By grace of 18 June 1932 Assistant Directors of Research were recognised as University Administrative Officers under Statute D.II.2, and their holders were made competent to hold reserved fellowships. By grace of 17 November 1934 the offices were recognised as University Teaching Offices, when that had been made possible by an amendment of Statute D.XII.1. General regulations for the office were approved by grace of 10 May 1940.

 Agriculture, Assistant Director of Research in

1963-89         Tribe, Henry Timothy


 Anatomy, Assistant Director of Research in

1956-84         Lewis, Peter Raymond     (Physiology, on retirement) See grace 15 of 4 March 1970.


 Animal Pathology, Assistant Director of Research in

1950-53         Coombs, Robin Royston Amos     (Assistant Director of Research in Pathology, 1953)
1952-82         Chu, Hsiau-pin     (Clinical Veterinary Medicine, on retirement)
1954-66         Elliott, Stuart Dunsmore     (Assistant Director of Research in Pathology, 1966)
1967-82         Owen, Laurence Nightingale     (Clinical Veterinary Medicine, on retirement)


 Applied Linguistics, Assistant Director of Research in

1965-74         Bennett, William Arthur
1975-90         Esch (Harding), Edith Marie     (Director of the Language Centre, 1990)


 Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Assistant Director of Research in

1969-69         Elder, John William
1972-81         Huppert, Hubert Eric     (University Lecturer, 1981)
1976-2000       Harding, Robert Douglas
1985-87         Upstill, Colin
1990-95         Uscinski, Barry Joseph
1991 (only)     Haynes, Peter Howard
1991-95         Glendinning, Paul Alexander
1992-           Worster, Michael Gale
1993-           Linden, Noah
1993-           Mason, Helen Elizabeth
1994-           Dalziel, Stuart Bruce
1994-           Kent, Adrian Patrick Antony
1994-           Williams, Ruth Margaret
1994-97         Lister, John Ronald     (University Lecturer, 1997)
1995-           Davis, Anne Christine
1995-           Siklos, Stephen Theodore Chesman
1996-           Nikiforakis, Nikolaos
1996-           Whelan, Colm Thomas
1996-2000       Jensen, Aliver Eskild
1997-           Spivack, Mark
1998-99         Baesens, Claude Noelle
1999-           Perry, Malcolm John


 Archaeology and Anthropology, Assistant Director of Research in

1968-76         Higgs, Eric Sidney


 Architecture, Assistant Director of Research in

1970-72         March, Lionel John     (University Lecturer, 1972)
1972-73         Hawkes, Dean Ullathorne     (University Lecturer, 1973)
1973-75         Baxter, Richard Stephen
1989-2000       Richens, Paul Nicholas     (Reader in Architectural Computing, 2000)
1994-           Penz, François-André


 Astronomy, Assistant Director of Research in

1973-92         Griffin, Roger Francis     (Reader in Observational Astronomy, 1992)
1973-97         Eggleton, Peter Philip     (University Lecturer, 1997)
1977-78-        Mackay, Craig Douglas
1977-86         Kibblewhite, Edward James
1979-81         Whelan, John Anthony Joseph
1982-91         Pringle, James Edward     (Reader in Theoretical Astronomy, 1991)
1987-89         Efstathiou, George Petros
1988-97         Carswell, Robert Francis     (Reader, 1997)
1991-95         Gilmore, Gerard Francis     (Reader in Astrophysics, 1995)
1992-2000       Hewett, Paul Charles     (Reader in Observational Astrophysics, 2000)
1994-           McMahon, Richard Gerard
1994-           Perry, Judith J.
1994-98         Lahav, Ofer     (Reader in Cosmology, 2000)
1995-           Parry, Ian Robert
1995-98         Clarke, Catherine Jane     (University Lecturer, 1998)
1999-           Blain, Andrew William
1999-           Crawford, Caroline Susan
1999-           Madau, Piero


 Biochemistry, Assistant Director of Research in

1948-49         Gale, Ernest Frederick
1948-61         Bailey, Kenneth     (Reader, 1961)
1960-64         Kerridge, David     (University Lecturer, 1964)
1989-90-        Packman, Leonard Clive
1995-           Broadhurst, Richard William


 Botany, Assistant Director of Research in

Title changed to Plant Sciences c. 1990

1957-58         Whittingham, Charles Percival
1962-64         Willis, Eric Herbert
1971-74         Pankhurst, Richard John
1971-82         Echlin, Patrick     (University Lecturer, 1982)
1972-93         Yeo, Peter Frederick     (Taxonomy)
1984-95         Gibbard, Philip Leonard


 Cellular Biology, Assistant Director of Research in

1948-52         Hartree, Edward Francis


 Chemical Engineering, Assistant Director of Research in

1960-72         Pearson, John Richard Anthony


 Chemistry, Assistant Director of Research in

1991-98         Klinowski, Jacek     (Reader in Chemical Physics, 1998)
1993-           Zhou, Wuzong
1994-99         Klenerman, David     (University Lecturer, 1999)
1995-           Amos, Roger Duncan
1995-96         Steinke, Joachim Hans Georg
1999-           Bampos, Nick


 Chinese, Assistant Director of Research in

1970-81         Wang, Richard Szu-Cheng


 Clinical Medicine, Assistant Director of Research in

1986-96         Carpenter, Thomas Adrian     (Reader in Imaging Sciences, 1999)


 Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Assistant Director of Research in

See also Veterinary Clinical Studies.

1983-88         Field, Hugh John     (University Lecturer, 1988)


 Colloid Science, Assistant Director of Research in

1935-44         Roberts, John Keith
1937-50         Schulman, Jack Henry
1938-40         Melville, Harry Work
1944-47         Sutherland, Gordon Brims Black McIvor
1944-49         Alexander, Albert Ernest
1949-55         George, Philip
1949-55         Johnson, Paley     (University Lecturer, 1955)
1959-63         Ottewill, Ronald Harry
1959-74         Haydon, Denis Arthur     (in Biophysics from Aug. 1970)


 Community Medicine, Assistant Director of Research in

1997-           Palmer, Christopher Ralph


 Comparative Agriculture, Assistant Director of Research in

1965-65         Rose, Wentworth Victor


 Computer Laboratory, Assistant Director of Research in the

1966-67         Hartley, David Fielding     (University Lecturer, 1967)
1966-75         Lang, Charles Alfred
1967-71         Landy, Barry
1968-69         Fraser, Alexander Gibson
1968-71         Richards, Martin     (University Lecturer, 1971)
1969-74         Barton, David
1971-74         Forrest, Archibald Robin
1973-75         Bourne, Stephen Richard
1982-98         Paulson, Lawrence Charles     (Reader in Computational Logic, 1998)
1983-93         Clocksin, William Frederick
1983-93         Robinson, Peter
1984-93         Mycroft, Alan
1988-94         Needham (née Spärck-Jones), Karen Ida Boalth     (Reader in Computers and Information, 1994)


 Criminal Science/Criminology, Assistant Director of Research in

1946-49         Radzinowicz, Leon, Sir
1950-54         Odgers, Frederick James     (University Lecturer, 1954)
1955-67         McClintock, Frederick Hemming     (University Lecturer, 1967)
1960-66         Martin, John Powell
1960-68         West, Donald James     (University Lecturer, 1968)
1967-73         Hood, Roger Grahame
1967-75         Sparks, Richard Franklin
1968-70         Rose, Gerald
1971-76         Thomas, David Arthur     (University Lecturer, 1976)
1973-76         Morris, Allison Margaret     (University Lecturer, 1976)
1974-76         Farrington, David Philip     (University Lecturer, 1976)
1978-82         King, Joan Faye Sendall


 Crystallography, Assistant Director of Research in

1935-38         Bernal, John Desmond
1938-43         Bradley, Albert James
1949-59         Megaw, Helen Dick     (University Lecturer, 1959)


 Divinity, Assistant Director of Research in

1999-           Street, Anthony


 Dynamical Meteorology, Assistant Director of Research in

1964-68         Ball, Fred Keith
1969-72         McIntyre, Michael Edgeworth


 Dynamical Oceanography, Assistant Director of Research in

1961-64         Phillips, Owen Martin
1966-78         Gill, Adrian Edmund


 Earth Sciences, Assistant Director of Research in

1981-86         Gubbins, David     (University Lecturer, 1986)
1982-89         Elderfield, Henry     (Reader in Geochemistry, 1989)
1984-87         Reed, Stephen Jervis Brent     (Assistant Director of Research in Mineralogy and Petrology, 1974-84)
1985-89         White, Robert Stephen
1989-90-        Reed, Stephen Jervis Brent     (again)
1989-2000       Sinha, Martin Clareborough     (Marine Geophysics)
1990-91-        Priestley, Keith Ferrin
1993-           Hobbs, Richard William
1995-           White, Nicholas Jeremiah


 Economics and Politics, Assistant Director of Research in

1935-63         Sraffa, Piero     (Reader in Economics, 1963)
1951-54         Rostas, Laszlo
1955-60         Marris, Robert Lapthorn     (University Lecturer, 1960)
1974-77         Llewellyn, Graeme Ernest John
1978-90         Meeks, Geoffrey     (University Lecturer in Accounting, 1990)
1988-89-        Coutts, Kenneth Johnston
1988-99         Anderlini, Luca
1988-99         Seabright, Paul Bartlett     (Reader in Economics, 1999)
1991-2000       Dutta, Jayasri
1995-2000       Wright, Stephen Hurst


 Electron Microscopy, Assistant Director of Research in

Department of Physics

1958-61         Horne, Robert William
1966-71         Ferrier, Robert Patton     (University Lecturer, 1971)


 Engineering, Assistant Director of Research in

1946-51         Roderick, Jack William     (University Lecturer, 1951)
1951-56         Horne, Michael Rex     (University Lecturer, 1956)
1953-55         Coales, John Flavell     (University Lecturer, 1955)
1955-59         Tobias, Stephen Albert
1956-58         Sutton, Ernest Peter
1957-58         Johnson, Leslie Gordon
1958-64         Jones, Robert Peter Neil
1959-60-        Sherbourne, Archibald Norbert
1959-62         Freitag, Eduard Heinrich     (University Lecturer, 1962)
1959-62         Nixon, William Charles     (University Lecturer, 1962)
1961-63         Cunningham, Anthony David Peter
1961-65         Rest, Edward Douglas van
1961-79         Fuller, Anthony Thomas     (Reader in Control Engineering, 1979)
1963-67         Squire, Leonard Charles     (University Lecturer, 1967)
1964-65         Allen, John Edward
1964-67         Penny, Royston Kenneth
1964-69         Duncan, Peter     (University Lecturer, 1969)
1965-66-        Rosenbrock, Howard Harry
1965-71         Marsh, Harry
1966-66         Elliott, William Sidney
1966-68         Smith, James Derek     (University Lecturer, 1968)
1966-73         Roberts, John Douglas
1967-90         James, Ronald George
1968-70         Nutbourne, Anthony William     (University Lecturer, 1970)
1968-74         Morley, Christopher Thomas     (University Lecturer, 1974)
1968-75         Gostelow, Jonathan Paul
1969-74         Bucklow, Ian Alfred
1969-75         Barrett, John Frederick
1969-89         Morris, Roger Brian
1970-73         Mulkay, Michael Joseph
1970-74         Gittins, John Charles
1971-74         Daneshyar, Homayoon     (University Lecturer, 1974)
1971-76         Billingsley, John     (Control Engineering)
1971-78         Judd, Anthony Michael
1972-75         Simpson, Peter John
1972-95         Sharman, John Michael
1974-77         Howe, Michael Stuart
1992-97         Cardwell, David Anthony
1994-           Holden, Anthony
1995-           Middleton, Campbell Ross
2000-           Frizelle, Gerald Douglas Macaulay


 English and Applied Linguistics, Assistant Director of Research in

1992-           Williams, John Nicholas
1992-99         Malmkjaer, Kirsten Suzanne
1996-2002       Tsimpli, Ianthi-Maria
1997-           Blevins, James Peter


 Environmental Economics, National Westminster Bank Assistant Director of Research in

1991-97         Swanson, Timothy Michael


 Experimental Medicine, Assistant Director of Research in

1949-57         Robinson, James Roper
1957-65         Walshe, John Michael     (Reader in Metabolic Disease, 1965)


 Experimental Psychology, Assistant Director of Research in

1961-66         Weiskrantz, Lawrence     (Reader in Physiological Psychology, 1966)
1972-81         Iversen, Susan Diana     (Reader in Physiological Psychology, 1981)
1984-90         Monsell, Stephen     (University Lecturer, 1990)


 Fluid Mechanics, Assistant Director of Research in

1958-66         Benjamin, Thomas Brooke     (Reader in Hydrodynamics, 1966)
1968-73         Turner, John Stewart [2]     (Reader in Geophysical Fluid Mechanics, 1973)
1976-91         Linden, Paul Frederick     (Reader in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1991)


 Friction and Lubrication (Physics and Chemistry of Solids), Assistant Director of Research in

1946-61         Tabor, David     (University Lecturer, 1961)


 Genetics, Assistant Director of Research in

1965-84         Wallace, Margaret Elise
1967-72         Gibson, John Bryan     (University Lecturer, 1972)


 Geodesy and Geophysics, Assistant Director of Research in

1954-65         Hill, Maurice Neville     (Reader in Marine Geophysics, 1965)
1966-71         Matthews, Drummond Hoyle     (Reader in Marine Geology, 1971)
1967-68-        Miller, John Alfred
1967-81         Gray, Frederick
1969-69         Davies, David
1974-79         McKenzie, Dan Peter     (Reader in Tectonics, 1979)


 Geology, Assistant Director of Research in

1974-76         Cutbill, John Louis
1976-85         Hughes, Christopher Paul     (University Lecturer, 1985)


 Geophysics, Assistant Director of Research in

1946-48         Browne, Benjamin Chapman
1949-55         Runcorn, Stanley Keith
1956-60         Bullard, Edward Crisp, Sir     (Reader in Geophysics, 1960)


 History and Philosophy of Science, Assistant Director of Research in

1974-79         French, Roger Kenneth     (University Lecturer, 1979)


 History of Medicine, Assistant Director of Research in

1971-74         Young, Robert Maxwell


 History of Science, Assistant Director of Research in

1969-76         Whiteside, Derek Thomas     (Reader in the History of Mathematics, 1976)


 History, Assistant Director of Research in

1965-76         Pelling, Henry Mathison     (Reader in Recent British History, 1976)
1966-67         Barraclough, Geoffrey
1968-70         Wilks, Ivor Gordon
1970-71-        Schofield, Roger Snowden
1971-80         Iliffe, John     (Reader in African History, 1980)


 Human Ecology, Assistant Director of Research in

1955-60         Hislop, James Alexander
1961-71         Carpenter, Robert Gordon
1969-78         Edwards, Anthony William Fairbank     (Reader in Mathematical Biology, 1978)


 Industrial Management, Assistant Director of Research in

1957-62         Willett, Frederick John


 Industrial Psychology, Assistant Director of Research in

1935-62         Chambers, Eric Gordon


 Investigative Medicine, Assistant Director of Research in

1964-76         Bono, Edward Francis Charles Publius de     (University Lecturer, 1976)
1966-74         Tait, Alexander Dickson


 Islam in the Indian Sub-Continent, Assistant Director of Research in

1984-93         Chandavarkar, Rajnarayan Shamrao


 Land Economy, Assistant Director of Research in

1967-73         West, Henry Woolliscroft     (Assistant Director of Development Studies, 1973)
1969-93         Hinton, Wilfred Lynn
1977-77         Thompson, Michael Chetwynd
1980-84         Kirwan, Richard Martin
1985-86-        Moore, Barry Charles
1991-           Cathie, John
1999-           Renwick, Alan William


 Law, Assistant Director of Research in

1937-40         Kantorowicz, Hermann
1989-93         Rogerson, Philippa Jane


 Literary and Linguistic Computing Centre, Assistant Director of Research in the

Department of Other Languages

1980-89         Dawson, John Lewis     (Computer Officer, 1989)


 Magnetic Research, Assistant Director of Research in

1925-35         Kapitza, Pyotr Leonidovich (Pierre)


 Malay, Assistant Director of Research in

Oriental Languages

1955-55         Linehan, William


 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Assistant Director of Research in

1991-           Glowacki, Bartlemiej Andrej     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science
1994-           Reed, Roger Charles     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science
1994-99         Blamire, Mark Giffard     (Reader in Device Materials, 1999)     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science
1995-97         Somekh, Robert Ernest     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science
1996-           Boothroyd, Christopher Brian     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science
1996-2000       Wood, Gerhard Goldbeck-     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science
1997-           Burstein, Gordon Timothy     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science
1997-           Midgley, Paul Anthony     see also Metallurgy and Materials Science


 Mathematical Laboratory, Assistant Director of Research at

For posts filled from 1966 see under Computer Laboratory; the change of title in fact dates from 1969.

1950-55         Miller, Jeffery Charles Percy     (University Lecturer, 1955)
1956-66         Wheeler, David John     (Reader in Computer Science, 1966)
1964-73         Needham, Roger Michael     (Reader in Computer Systems, 1973)


 Mechanics of Solids, Assistant Director of Research in

1967-72         Willis, John Raymond


 Medical Psychology, Assistant Director of Research in

1962-64         Kennard, David William


 Medicine, Assistant Director of Research in

1936-38         Brock, John Fleming
1969-78         Karpas, Abraham     (Haematological Medicine)
1970-80         Skaer, Richard John     (Haematological Medicine)
1972-77         Hanka, Rudolf     (University Lecturer, 1977)


 Metallurgy (and Materials Science), Assistant Director of Research in

1933-44         Evans, Ulick Richardson     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy
1966-85         Southon, Michael John     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy
1969-71         Chadwick, Geoffrey Allan     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy
1970-76         Edington, Jeffrey William     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy
1971-75         Rothwell, George Peter     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy
1972-75         Edmonds, David Vernon     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy
1972-75         Turner, Patrick James     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy
1977-96         Stobbs, William Michael     see also Materials Science and Metallurgy


 Mineralogy and Petrology, Assistant Director of Research in

1961-66         Long, James Victor Percival     (University Lecturer, 1966)
1974-84         Reed, Stephen Jervis Brent


 Music, Assistant Director of Research in

1992-97         Cross, Ian Ralph McKenzie


 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Assistant Director of Research in

1950-53         Johnson, Alan Woodworth     (University Lecturer, 1953)
1953-59         Brown, Daniel McGillivray     (University Lecturer, 1959)
1956-57         Haszeldine, Robert Neville
1963-64         Reese, Colin Bernard     (University Lecturer, 1964)
1963-67         Carrington, Alan
1964-65         McLachlan, Andrew David     (University Lecturer, 1965)
1965-80         Fleming, Ian     (University Lecturer, 1980)
1966-74         Williams, Dudley Howard     (Reader in Organic Chemistry, 1974)
1968-80         Stone, Anthony John     (University Lecturer, 1980)
1970-80         Gerloch, Malcolm     (University Lecturer, 1980)
1975-76         Grice, Roger
1984-98         Raithby, Paul Robert     (Reader in Structural Chemistry, 1998)


 Oriental Music, Assistant Director of Research in

1966-76         Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland


 Oriental Studies, Assistant Director of Research in

1992-           Cone, Margaret


 Pathology, Assistant Director of Research in

1953-63         Coombs, Robin Royston Amos     (previously Assistant Director of Research in Animal Pathology; Reader in Immunology, 1963)
1964-71         Lachmann, Peter Julius
1965-79         Mahy, Brian Wilfred John     (University Lecturer, 1979)
1966-74         Elliott, Stuart Dunsmore
1966-80         Franks, David     (University Lecturer, 1980)
1969-71         Davis, John Michael Gordon
1971-87         Bowyer, David Edward     (University Lecturer, 1987)
1973-76         Wilson, Donald Victor


 Physical Chemistry, Assistant Director of Research in

1953-54         Porter, George
1953-57         Pratt, Jeofry Stuart Courtney-
1959-64         Thrush, Brian Arthur     (University Lecturer, 1964)
1964-90         Knewstubb, Peter Francis
1978-87         Jefferson, David Adamson     (University Lecturer, 1987)
1980-87         Davies, Paul Brett     (University Lecturer, 1987)
1984-93         Jones, William     (University Lecturer, 1993)
1986-87-        Rayment, Trevor


 Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Assistant Director of Research in

1958-68         Yoffe, Abraham     (Reader in Physics, 1968)


 Physics and Chemistry, Assistant Director of Research in

1957-58         Hirsch, Peter Bernhard     (University Lecturer in Physics, 1958)


 Physics (with Engineering), Assistant Director of Research in

1950-61         Townsend, Albert Alan     (Reader in Experimental Fluid Mechanics, 1961)


 Physics, Assistant Director of Research in

1935-37         Oliphant, Marcus Laurence
1954-62         Hewish, Antony     (University Lecturer, 1962)
1962-81         Baldwin, John Evan     (Reader in Radio Astronomy, 1981)
1962-92         Scheuer, Peter August Georg     (Reader in Radio Astronomy, 1992)
1965-66         Whelan, Michael John
1965-74         Brown, Penelope Jane
1966-88         Neale, William Wray
1967-72         Josephson, Brian David     (Reader, 1972)
1968-69-        Scott, Paul Frederick
1973-76         Davis, Edward Arthur     (University Lecturer, 1976)
1977-77         Briscoe, Brian James
1981-89         Elsmore, Bruce
1984-85-        Ansorge, Richard Eric
1984-90         Hills, Richard Edwin     (Professor of Radio Astronomy, 1990)
1985-98         Jones, Geraint Alwyn Clayton     (University Lecturer, 1998)
1987-96         Lasenby, Anthony Norden     (Reader, 1996)
1989-90-        Chaudhri, Mohammad Munawar
1989-90-        Cleaver, John Richard Adrian
1989-90-        Warner, Peter John
1990-95         Carter (Williams), Janet Rose     (Reader, 1995)
1990-99         Saunders, Richard Deryck Edward
1991-           Padman, Rachael     (formerly Russell)
1991-           Ritchie, David Alastair
1991-96         Cooper, John Robert     (University Lecturer in , 1996)
1992-97         Rennie, Adrian Robert
1993-           Marseglia, Elisabeth Ann
1993-95         Ward, David Robert
1994-           Phillips, Richard Thomas
1995-           Walker, Ian Ross
1995-96         Wheatley, Joseph Mary
1996-           Hasko, David Gregory
1996-           Nicholls, James Thomas
1996-           Rajagopal, Gunaretnam
1996-98         Bourne, Neil Kenneth
1997-           Linfield, Edmund Harold
1997-           Monthoux, Philippe
1997-2000       Melrose, John Richard
1998-           Hopkinson, Ian
1999-           Thiel, Bradley Lamar
19194-          Withington, Stafford


 Physiological Fluid Dynamics, Assistant Director of Research in

1974-77         Pedley, Timothy John     (University Lecturer, 1977)


 Physiology, Assistant Director of Research in

1931-44         Adair, Gilbert Smithson
1932-47         Matthews, Bryan Harold Cabot, Sir
1947-51         Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd, Sir
1950-59         Huxley, Andrew Fielding     (Reader in Experimental Biophysics, 1959)
1958-63         Barlow, Horace Basil
1973-74         Whittingham, David Gordon
1973-74-        Lew, Virgilio Leon


 Polar Research, Assistant Director of Research in

1957-77         Armstrong, Terence Edward     (Reader in Arctic Studies, 1977)
1960-63         Holdgate, Martin Wyatt
1963-71         Evans, Stanley     (University Lecturer in Engineering, 1971)
1981-92         Wadhams, Peter     (Reader in Polar Studies, 1992)
1983-83         Drewry, David John     (Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, 1984)
1985-86-        Vitebsky, Piers Gareth
1990-94         Williams, Robin George
1991-           Rees, William Gareth
1992-94         Dowdeswell, Julian Andrew


 Quaternary Research, Assistant Director of Research in

1968-96         Switsur, Vincent Roy
1972-87         Shackleton, Nicholas John     (Reader in Quaternary Palaeoclimatology, 1989)
1991-98         Bennett, Keith David


 Radio Astronomy, Assistant Director of Research in

1964-97         Shakeshaft, John Roland


 Radio-Active Research, Assistant Director of Research in

1924-26         Chadwick, James     (University Lecturer in Physics, 1926)


 Radiochemistry, Assistant Director of Research in

1947-53         Maddock, Alfred Gavin     (University Lecturer, 1953)


 Radiophysics, Assistant Director of Research in

1950-60         Weekes, Kenneth
1960-62         Briggs, Basil Hugh


 Radiotherapeutics, Assistant Director of Research in

1952-82         Marrian, Denis Haigh     (Haematological Medicine on retirement)
1955-69         Smith, Cyril Leng
1962-72         Seed, John
1969-75         Dendy, Philip Palin
1970-71         Mehrishi, Jitendranath


 Slavonic Studies, Assistant Director of Research in

1972-72         Stone, Gerald Charles


 Social and Political Sciences, Assistant Director of Research in

1989-2000       Prandy, Kenneth
1994-99         Scott, Jacqueline Lilian     (Reader in Quantitative Sociology, 2000)


 Soil Physics, Assistant Director of Research in

1945-62         Childs, Ernest Carr     (Reader, 1962)


 Spectroscopy, Assistant Director of Research

1955-64         Sheppard, Norman


 Statistics, Assistant Director of Research in

1966-69         McLaren, Alexander David
1970-81         Altham, Patricia Mary Elizabeth     (University Lecturer, 1981)


 Surgery, Assistant Director of Research in

1966-68         White, Humphrey James Oakley
1968-70         Sells, Robert Anthony
1971-74         Dunn, David Christy
1971-75         Bradley, Benjamin Arthur de Burgh
1997-           Bolton, Eleanor Mary


 Theoretical Chemistry, Assistant Director of Research in

1955-63         Orgel, Leslie Eleazer     (Reader in Chemistry, 1963-64)


 University Library, Assistant Director of Research in the

1969-76         Schofield, James Leonard


 Veterinary Clinical Studies, Assistant Director of Research in

See also Clinical Veterinary Medicine.

1960-89         Palmer, Anthony Claude     (University Lecturer, 1989)
1963-69         Whiteley (Keilin), Joan Eugenia
1967-74         Barnett, Keith Chartres


 Veterinary Physiology, Assistant Director of Research in

1965-94         Silver, Marian


 Zoology, Assistant Director of Research in

1946-49         Pumphrey, Richard Julius
1946-55         Lissmann, Hans Werner
1946-66         Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland     (Assistant Director of Research in Oriental Music, 1966)
1947-78         Brown, Ralph Henry Joseph
1950-69         Rothschild, Lord....
1960-63         Hinde, Robert Aubrey
1964-71         Machin, Kenneth Ewart     (University Lecturer, 1971)
1966-70         Andersen, Svend Olaf
1966-72         Grimstone, Albert Victor     (University Lecturer, 1972)
1970-82         Humphrey, Nicholas Keynes
1971-94         Gupta, Brij Lal
1975-79         Hall, Theodore Alvin
1983-95         McCabe, Brian John
1997-           Hedwig, Berthold Gerhard