Knighted

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Knighted

• For extrordinary contributions to epidemiology
  and medicine Dr. Richard Doll was knighted Sir
  Richard in 1971.

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Warden and FounderGreen College, Oxford

• 1979-1983

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Green College

Sir Richard Doll circa 1979
Students in the Garden, Green College
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The Christening of the Sir Richard Doll
Tribute to Sir Richard Doll by his students at
Green College, Oxford upon the Christening of the
Sir Richard Doll eight-man crew boat Declan
Hill, student at Green College, University of
Oxford, 3 February 2005
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Green College 25th Anniversary Celebration in
June 2005
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Burley)
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Sir Richard at Green College 25th Anniversary
Celebration in June 2005
(Photo courtesy of Andrew Markus)
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Sir Richard at Green College 25th Anniversary
Celebration in June 2005
(Photo courtesy of Andrew Markus)
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Green College 25th Anniversary Celebration in
June 2005
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Burley)
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Final Tribute The Richard Doll Building
Professor Sir Richard Doll at the topping-out
ceremony of the Richard Doll Building in March
2004. Credit HGB Construction.
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• He will be greatly missed by his colleagues at
  Oxford and all around the world, for whom he was
  an inspiring leader and a wonderful friend.
• Professor Colin Blakemore
• Medical Research Council (MRC) Chief Executive
• The University will officially open the Richard
  Doll Building later this year, bringing together
  the Clinical Trial Service Unit, Cancer
  Epidemiology Unit, and other units.

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Sir Richard Doll

• 1912 Born in Hampton, England, on 28 Oct
• 1937 Graduated from St Thomas's Hospital
  Medical School in London
• 1939-45 Served in the Royal Army Medical
  Corps
• 1946 Started work, Medical Research Council
• 1950 Co-authored a paper suggesting smoking
  causes lung cancer
• 1954 Co-authored a paper confirming the link
  between smoking and lung cancer
• 1956 Awarded an OBE

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Sir Richard Doll

• 1961 Appointed director of the MRC
  Statistical Research Unit
• 1969 Appointed Regius Professor of
  Medicine at Oxford University
• 1970-71 Served as vice-president of the
  Royal Society
• 1971 Received a knighthood
• 1996 Made a Companion of Honour for
  services of national importance
• July 2005 Dies after a short illness aged 92

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Contributors

• Sean P David, MD, SM
• Jeffrey Stumpff