Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006323 - Boyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Lord Boyle of Handsworth (1923 - 1981)
Title:
Boyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Lord Boyle of Handsworth (1923 - 1981)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006323
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-11-14
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Boyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Lord Boyle of Handsworth (1923 - 1981), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Boyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Lord Boyle of Handsworth
Date of Birth:
31 August 1923
Date of Death:
28 September 1981
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
Baron 1970
Hon FRCS 1975
MA Oxford
Hon LLD Leeds 1965
Hon LLD Southampton 1965
Hon DSc Aston in Birmingham 1966
Hon LLD Bath 1968
Hon LLD Sussex 1972
Hon D Litt Heriot-Watt 1977
Hon D Litt Hull 1978
Details:
Edward Charles Gurney Boyle was born on 31 August 1923 and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1948 he was President of the Oxford Union. From 1959 to 1970 he was Member of Parliament for the Handsworth division of Birmingham. During this time he held numerous parliamentary appointments including Minister of Education from 1962 to 1964. He was Pro-Chancellor of Sussex University from 1965 to 1970 and Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University from 1970. A man of wide-ranging interests he served on many national and international committees and published work on education, politics and philosophy. Many universities awarded him honorary degrees and, in 1975, he was presented with an Honorary Fellowship on the occasion of the College's annual general meeting being held in Leeds.
He died on 28 September 1981.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E006000-E006999/E006300-E006399
Media Type:
Unknown
