Kenneth Mather
Sir Kenneth Mather
Medical School at the university.[2]
Early life
He was born in Nantwich, Cheshire. His father, Richard Mather, was a furniture-maker in Nantwich, but originally came from Yorkshire.
In 1915 he attended the
PhD.[2]
Career
In 1933 he worked in
Birmingham University. In 1965, as vice chancellor at Southampton, he had a difficult time with student unrest but was able to establish a new medical school for the university. He returned to Birmingham as an Hon. Professor and did work there on biometrical genetics until his death.[2]
Personal life
In 1937 Mather married a fellow botanist, Mona Rhodes (died 1987), and they had one son.CBE in 1956 and knighted in 1979.[2]
He received honorary degrees from Southampton University (1972), the University of Bath (1975), Manchester University (1980) and the University of Wales (1980).[2][3]
He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1949 and was awarded the Weldon medal (Oxford, 1962) and the Darwin medal (Royal Society, 1964). He was president of the Genetical Society of Great Britain (1949–52).
He died at his home in
Egbaston
of a heart attack.
See also
References
- PMID 11616216.
- ^ a b c d e f g Peter D S Caligari: Mather, Sir Kenneth (1911–1990), rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 12 Aug 2013
- ^ "University of Bath: Honorary Graduates 1966 to 1988, accessed 13 August 2013". Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2012.