Assistants in Research/Assistants to Professors

By grace of 7 June 1894 the appointments of Assistants to Professors were brought under the general regulations for Demonstrators. By grace of 11 December 1948, the old regulations for Assistants to Professors were rescinded and general regulations for what were now known as Assistants in Research were laid down, by which appointments and re-appointments, for periods not exceeding five years, were to be made by the Faculty Board (or, where appropropriate by the Faculty Board on the recommendation of the Head of the relevant Department) subject to the consent of the General Board and the Financial Board.

 Aeronautics, Assistant in Research in the Sub-Department of

Established by grace of 22 February 1936 as from 1 October 1935, part of the salary being paid from Sir John Siddeley's gift for aeronautical research.

1935-38         Haslam, James Alexander Gordon


 Agricultural Botany, Assistant in Research in

1962-66         Moore, Keith Griffin
1969-72         Pegington, Christopher John


 Agricultural Engineering, Assistant in Research in

1951-55         Palmer, John [3]
1958-60         Wilton, Brian
1961-62         Rest, David John van
1963-64         Jewett, David William     (University Demonstrator, 1964)


 Agricultural Science and Applied Biology, Assistant in Research in

1970-74         Lerman, Philip Michael


 Agriculture, Assistant in Research in

1950-53         Perrin, Robert Michael Sumner
1958-61         Mash (Durham), Vivian Muriel Mary
1965-68         Marks, Kenneth Edward


 Anatomy, Assistant in Research in

1972-74         Brown, Malcolm Watson
1974-74         McCabe, Brian John


 Animal Physiology, Assistant in Research in

1951-54         Kirkham, Keith Edwin
1954-59         Brush, Michael George
1955-58         Gordon, Ian
1959-65         Morton, John Richard     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1965)
1960-60         Heap, Robert Brian
1960-62         Heap (Grant), Marion Patricia
1963-68         Symons, Derek Bryan Alfred


 Archaeology, Assistant in Research in

1954-54         Wilson, David Mackenzie, Sir
1955-56         Hartley, Brian Rodgerson
1956-63         Higgs, Eric Sidney     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1963)


 Assistant Director of Magnetic Research at the Cavendish Laboratory

1925            Kapitza, Pyotr Leonidovich (Pierre)


 Assyriology, Assistant in Research in

1972-75         Vanstiphout, Herman Lucian Julius


 Biochemistry, Assistant in Research in

1945-47         Williams, Ernest Frank


 Biology, Assistant to Professor of

Established by grace of 17 December 1908, without stipend from the University. Appointed (and removable) by the Quick Professor, with the consent of the Vice-Chancellor, but eligible for re-appointment after the expiry of the Professor's tenure. The appointment was to terminate on the retirement of Professor Nuttall. The appointment of a second Assistant was authorised by grace of 16 May 1919.

1909            Fantham, Harold Benjamin
1910-12         Strickland, Cyril
1913            Hindle, Edward
1913-13         Lewin, Kenneth Robert
1917            Keilin, David
1931            Lapsed after the retirement of Professor Nuttall


 Botany, Assistant in Research in

1950-51         George, Eric Alan


 Chemistry, Assistant to Professor of

Formerly appointed by the Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate, but by grace of 4 February 1892 appointed (and removable) thereafter by the Professor of Chemistry, subject to the consent of the Vice-Chancellor. Tenure terminated with the termination of the tenure of the Professor.

1865-77         Sell, William James     (University Lecturer in Chemistry, 1904)
1877            Robinson, Henry
1893            Brownsword, Harry
1893            Purvis, John Edward     (University Lecturer in Chemistry and Physics in their application to hygiene and preventive medicine, 1909)
1909            Read, John
1916            Gibson, Charles Stanley
1920            Vernon, Richard Henry
1922            Mann, Frederick George
1930-35         Janson, Stanley Eric
1936-38         Jones, Francis Stephen Bridson


 Chinese, Assistant in Research in

1970-76         Hung, Tak-kwan


 Classics, Assistant in Research in

1966-71         Martindale, John Robert     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1971)


 Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Assistant in Research in

1996-           Tonks, Paul Nicholas


 Colloid Science, Assistant in Research in

1947-54         Gutfreund, Herbert
1948-51         Longmuir, Ian Stewart
1953-56         Lyster, Richard Lumley John
1957-68         Gibson, Patricia May
1959-63         Kernohan, John Clarke     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1963)
1960-63         Chipperfield, John Robert     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1963)


 Community Medicine, Assistant in Research in

1977-80         Roberts, Sarah Jane     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1980)


 Computer/Mathematical Laboratory, Assistant in Research in

1950-51         Brooker, Ralph Anthony
1950-53         Mutch, Eric Norbury
1952-53         Gill, Stanley
1953-54         Haselgrove, Colin Brian
1958-66         Mutch, Margaret Olive
1961-63         Maybrey, Margaret Ann
1963-69         Bayley (Houston), Alison Alexandra
1964-66         Smith, George William     (Technical Officer, 1966)
1965-65         Gray, John Crispin     (Technical Officer, 1967)
1965-66         Hallinan, Kay Olive
1965-66         McIntyre, Laurence John Denis
1966-67         Guy, Michael John Thirian     (Technical Officer, 1967)
1967-69         France, Michael John
1967-69         Linington (née Richards), Janet Wynne     (Technical Officer, 1969)
1968-69         Skilling, Jennifer Aileen
1968-69         Woodsford, Peter Alfred     (Technical Officer, 1969)
1969-69         Mutch, Margaret Olive
1969-71         Fairbairns, Robin     (Technical Officer, 1971)
1969-72         Parkins, Richard Peter


 Crystallography, Assistant in Experimental Research in

Established by grace of 12 May 1933 for F. I. G. Rawlins for three years from 1 April 1933. On his resignation the following year the post was continued by grace of 15 March 1935 as an Assistant Directorship of Research.

1933-34         Rawlins, Francis Ian Gregory
1940-45         Lipson, Henry Solomon
1946-49         Megaw, Helen Dick


 Diagnostic Radiology, Assistant in Research in

1938-41         Berridge, Francis Richard


 Dynamical Meteorology, Assistant in Research in

1964-64         Bretherton, Francis Paton     (University Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 1964)


 Economics and Politics, Assistant in Research in

1955-57         Osborn, Edward
1957-60         Langdon, John
1960-62         Pratten, Clifford Frederick
1962-64         Armstrong, Alan Gordon
1965-67         Panic, Milivoje     accent: acute on 'c'
1968-69         Fuller, Michael Frederick
1969-70         Rao, Siripurapu Kesava
1970-72         Harris, Robert Francis
1972-76         Mackie, Myles Lawrence
1976-78         Saith, Ashwani
1978-79         Dastoor, Naorayex
1980-88         Evans, Robert Andrew     (University Lecturer, 1988)
1989-91         Samiei, Seyed Hossein     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1991)
1993-95         Robertson, Donald


 Electron Microscopy, Assistant in Research in

1949-56         Bradfield, John Richard Grenfell


 Engineering, Assistant in (Experimental) Research in

Established by grace of 7 May 1927 for H. Quinney for three years; renewed to 30 September 1934. Continued by grace of 16 June 1934 to 30 September 1939, and by grace of 5 August 1939 to 30 September 1944. Discontinued by grace of 25 May 1940, Mr Quinney having died in December 1939. Subsequently Assistants in Research were appointed in Engineering.

1926-39         Quinney, Harold
1955-58         Morris, Roger Brian
1956-60         Chigier, Nehemiah Abraham
1956-61         Birch (née Christ), Gina Margaret     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1961)
1957-58         Martin, Phyllis Moira Edgcumbe
1957-59         Lawrence, Peter John
1958-60         Foster, Keith
1958-60         Vermeulen, Peter James
1960-61         Lieberknecht, Mary Beth
1960-62         Jefferis, John Anthony
1960-62         Munro, Robert Gordon     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1962)
1962-64         Bott, Michael Francis     (moved to Linguistic Computing Centre, 1964)
1962-64         Franklin, John Lees
1964-65         Workman, Lannon Kern, Mrs
1964-67         Barton (Bourne), Elisabeth Anne     (University Demonstrator, 1967)
1965-65         Patel, Virendra
1965-66         Williams, Caroline Gaenor
1965-68         Quayle, Margaret Christine
1966-67         Bentall, Richard Hugh
1966-67         Harrison, Sally Ann
1966-68         Coleby, Ivan Frank
1966-69         Britton, Rachel Anne     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1969)
1968-70         Nicholls, Trudy Denise Morton
1969-72         Middleton, Michael David
1969-73         Tovey, Norman Keith
1973-75         Whitehead, Paul Geoffrey
1974-78         Kouvaritakis, Basil
1978-83         Vardulakis, Antonios Ioannis


 Estate Management, Assistant in Research in

1956-58         Ostler, Alan
1956-58         Stewart, Vivien Francis     (University Assistant Lecturer, 1958)
1959-59         Howe, Bernard Robert
1960-61         Godfrey, Mary
1960-61-        Kolbert, Colin Francis


 Experimental Psychology, Assistant in Research in

1963-65         Still, Arthur William
1965-71         Morgan, Michael John     (University Lecturer, 1971)


 Genetics, Assistant in Research in

1949-51         Cavalli-Sforza (Cavalli), Luigi Lucan     (listed as Cavalli-Sforza on termination of tenure)
1950-52         Wallace, Margaret Elise
1954-55         Brandt, Jane
1955-56         Bennett, John Henry
1959-60         Parsons, Peter Angas     (University Demonstrator, 1960)
1960-63         Gibson, John Bryan     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1963)
1966-70         Ashburner, Michael     (University Demonstrator, 1970)
1970-74         Martinelli, Sylvia Dorothy


 Geodesy and Geophysics, Assistant in Research in

1949-54         Hill, Maurice Neville


 Geology, Assistant to Professor of/Assistant in Research in

Established by grace of 7 March 1878, with a stipend of £200 on the proviso that he take no private pupils. Appointed (and removable) by the Woodwardian Professor, subject to the consent of the Vice-Chancellor. From the 1960s Assistants in Research were appointed to the Department.

1878            Tawney, Edward Bernard
1883            Roberts, Thomas
1892            Reed, Frederick Richard Cowper
1919            Nicholas, Tressilian Charles
1920-30         King, William Bernard Robinson
1931            Lapsed after the retirement of Professor Marr
1932-60         ....
1961-63         Clarkson (née Cowie), Cynthia Margaret
1963-66         Rickards, Richard Barrie     (University Lecturer, 1966)
1967-71         Hughes, Christopher Paul     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1971)
1973-79         Orchard, Michael James
1979-84         Kelly, Simon Richard Appleton


 Human Ecology, Assistant in Research in

1951-53         Rowland, Eva
1954-57         Hollingsworth, Thomas Henry
1958-60         Pye, Barbara Gillian
1961-62         Petrie (née Young), Ann     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1962)
1962-65         Dalton, Elizabeth Rosemary
1965-66         Saunders, Cynthia Ruth Gwendolin     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1966)
1967-72         Nixon, Janice Margaret


 Investigative Medicine, Assistant in Research in

1965-67         Craig, Gillian Mary
1967-71         Eden, Mary Ann Mackay
1972-78         Kuan, Pei Liang


 Land Economy, Assistant in Research in

1960-63         Kolbert, Colin Francis     (University Assistant Lecturer, 1963)
1963-66         Bliss (Midmer), Heather
1963-68         McKie, Robert Lanceley Gordon     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1968)
1966-67         Turner, David Michael     (University Assistant Lecturer, 1967)
1967-80         Piddington, Helen Rosamund
1969-70         Dye, Anthony Osborne
1969-72         Evans, Martin Charles
1969-72         Fordham, Richard Charles
1969-75         Drudy, Patrick Joseph
1971-75         Jackson, Roslynn Anita
1976-85         Cathie, John     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1985)


 Literary and Linguistic Computing Centre, Assistant in Research at

Called the Linguistic Computing Centre until 1967. Assistants in Research were at first placed in the Department of Other Languages.

1964-66         Bott, Michael Francis     (German) (Senior Assistant in Research, 1966)
1967-70         Heal, John Gauntlett Benedict     (Other Languages) (Senior Assistant in Research, 1970)
1971-74         Porter, Martin Frederick


 Medical Psychology, Assistant in Research in

1958-63         Clarke, Cicily Margaret


 Medicine, Assistant to the Professor

1894            Marshall, Charles Robertshaw
1899            Dixon, Walter Ernest
1899            Tuckett, Ivor Lloyd
1920            Cow, Douglas Vernon
1921            Inchley, Orlando
1924            Copeland, Alexander John
1926            Holmes, Eric Gordon
1930            Lapsed on the death of the Downing Professor


 Metal Physics, Assistant in Research in

1950-52         Lomer, William Michael


 Meteorological Physics, Assistant in Research in

1950-52         Pierce, Edward Thomas


 Mineralogy and Petrology, Assistant in Research in

1946            Vincent, Herbert Cubitt Gostling
1948-55         Scoon, John Hodgson


 Morbid Anatomy and Histology, Assistant in Research in

1938-41         Day, Thomas Duncan


 Natural Philosophy, Assistant to Professor of

Formerly appointed by the Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate, but by grace of 4 February 1892 appointed (and removable) thereafter by the Jacksonian Professor, subject to the consent of the Vice-Chancellor. Tenure terminated with the termination of the tenure of the Professor.

1875            Scott, Alexander
1885            Ruhemann, Siegfried     (University Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, 1891)
1892            Scott, Alexander     (again)
1896            Spivey, William Thomas Newton
1901-12         Jones, Humphrey Owen
1912-22         Mills, William Hobson
1923            Lapsed after the death of the Jacksonian Professor


 Observatories, Assistant in Research in the

1970-72         Field, Judith Veronica


 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Assistant in Research in

1972-73         Middleton, Bruce
1973-77         Williams, David Clive
1977-81         Matcham, George William John
1981-86         Hart, Graham John     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1986)


 Organic Chemistry, Assistant in Research in

1945-46         Lythgoe, Basil
1949-51         Haszeldine, Robert Neville


 Other Languages, Assistant in Research in

See also under Literary and Linguistic Computing Centre

1972-74         Alford, Mark Hugh Tankerville


 Parasitology, Assistant in Research in the Molteno Institute

By grace of 4 November 1938 the General Board were authorised to appoint E. F. Hartree for two years from 1 October 1938 with a stipend payable from a grant by the Rockefeller Foundation to the Quick Professor of Biology, and to make subsequent re-appointments for periods not exceeding three years, or for so long as the Rockefeller Foundation continued to finance the post.

1938-48         Hartree, Edward Francis
1956-63         Tatchell, Roger John
1963-68         Crompton, David William Thomasson     (University Lecturer, 1968)
1969-72         Rotheram, Susan Mayvis
1972-75         Lackie (née Lingard), Ann Margaret


 Pedology, Assistant in Research in

1965-69         Smith, Gordon McLennan


 Pharmacology, Assistant in Research in

1947-51         Jewell, Peter Arundel


 Physical Chemistry, Assistant in Research in

1950-53         Thrush, Brian Arthur
1954-55         Christie, Margaret Isabella
1956-57         Erhard, Karl Hans Ludwig
1957-58         Hurle, Ian Roy
1959-60         Oldershaw, Geoffrey Arthur
1961-63         Husain, David     (University Demonstrator, 1963)
1964-66         Ogilvie, John Franklin
1967-68         Robiette, Alan Gerald     (University Demonstrator, 1968)
1968-70         Bordass, William Trotman
1971-72         Lambert, Richard Michael     (University Demonstrator, 1972)
1972-76         Davies, Paul Brett     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1976)


 Physics, Assistant in Research at the Royal Society Mond Laboratory

By graces of 13 March 1936 and 22 January 1938 the title of 'Assistant in Research' was given to the holder for so long as the Royal Society were to provide a stipend for the services of a mathematical physicist at the laboratory. From 1958 Assistants in Research in Physics were appointed as in other departments.

1936-37         Peierls, Rudolf
1938-44         Allen, John Frank
1958-61         Woodcock, Alan Thomas


 Physics, Assistant in Research in

1962-66         Ward, Peter Reginald     (Assistant Technical Officer, 1966)


 Plant Physiology (Agriculture), Assistant in Research in

By grace of 12 May 1939 it was decided that this post be established on 1 October 1939 in the Department of Agriculture, and that the appointment be made by the Faculty Board of Agriculture for a period of three years in the first instance, but that subsequent appointments or re-appointments be made by the Appointments Committee of the Faculty for periods not exceeding five years. The stipend was to be paid from the Rockefeller Foundation.

1939            Wager, Harold Geoffrey     (resigned 1947)
1949-50         Plant, M. S. C., Miss     (resigned 1950)


 Psychiatry, Assistant in Research in

1938-41         Paterson, Andrew


 Quaternary Research, Assistant in Research in

Department of Botany

1949-54         Walker, Donald
1954-56         West, Richard Gilbert     (University Demonstrator, 1956)
1957-60         Pearson, Ronald George
1961-65         Dickson, James Holms     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1965)
1965-69         Hibbert, Frederick Alan     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1969)
1971-73         Birks, Harry John Betteley     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1973)
1985-88         Bennett, Keith David     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1988)


 Radio-Physics, Assistant in Research in

1948-53         Falloon, Shirley Waldron Hugh Wolseley
1953-57         Thomas, John Orion     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1957)


 Radiotherapeutics, Assistant in Research in

1947-51         Marrian, Denis Haigh
1951-57         Reuss, Irmelin Simon-     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1957)
1955-60         Seed, John


 Soil Microbiology, Assistant in Research in

1951-57         Tribe, Henry Timothy     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1957)


 Soil Science, Assistant in Research in

Department of Agriculture

1955-58         Bache, Bryon William     (University Demonstrator, 1958)
1959-60         McGowan, Michael
1961-65         MacLeod, Donald Angus     (University Demonstrator, 1965)


 Statistical Research, Assistant in Research in

1947-50         Osborn, William Thompson
1951-53         Mallett, Sheila Yvonne
1953-55         Fisk, Peter Reginald


 Surgery, Assistant to Professor of

Established by grace of 24 May 1888, and terminated on the suspension of the Professorship in 1896. The duties of the Professorship were, however, performed by Dr Griffiths, on the authority of a special grace, until the establishment of a Readership in Surgery in 1898. Appointments after the first listed are of Assistants in Research.

1888-98         Griffiths, Joseph     (Reader in Surgery, 1898)
1967-69         Kelly, Monica Mary


 Taxonomy, Assistant in Research in

1953-59         Yeo, Peter Frederick


 Theoretical Chemistry, Assistant in Research in

1950-55         Hall, George Garfield
1957-60         Murrell, John Norman
1960-63         Carrington, Alan     (Assistant Director of Research in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, 1963)


 University Library, Assistant in Research in the

1969-71         Smith, Gordon Callum Kennedy
1969-72         Seymour, Carol Adams     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1972)
1969-72         Urquhart, John Andrew
1972-75         Gilder, Lesley Patricia
1972-76         Cooper, Alan
1973-73         Nicholson, Jennifer


 Veterinary Physiology, Assistant in Research in

1951-53         Titchen, Donald Alexander


 Zoology, Assistant in Research in

1959-68         Robson, Elaine Alvin
1961-63         Grimstone, Albert Victor
1967-70         Mullinger, Ann Margaret     (Senior Assistant in Research, 1970)