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Oliver Gillie
Born(1937-10-31)31 October 1937
Conrad H. Waddington

Oliver J. Gillie (31 October 1937 – 15 May 2021)

scientific fraud. In 1976, Gillie published an article claiming that Burt had fabricated much of the data he had included in his publications, as well as two women whom Burt claimed had been his research assistants, but whom Gillie concluded had never existed. He reached this conclusion after investigating to find evidence that either woman (Margaret Howard and Jane Conway) had ever existed, talking to people who had known Burt for many years. He had also talked to human intelligence researchers who told him that Burt's data was suspect.[4][5] He has also researched the adverse health effects of vitamin D deficiency, specifically, that caused by insufficient exposure to sunlight.[6][7][8]

In 2014, he was awarded the Medical Journalists' Association Lifetime Achievement Award for his work to raise awareness of the importance of vitamin D.[9]

Personal life

Gillie was born in North Shields,

strawberry birthmark on his left cheek and neck, which he believed cost him a place at Cambridge University. The don who interviewed him had a much more obvious birthmark, and Gillie believed the ensuing embarrassment had a negative effect on the interview.[10]

He was from a Quaker background, and was brought up as a pacifist. He believed people should live well and respect their bodies, always opting for a healthy lifestyle.[10]

He had three marriages. In 1964, he married Walpurga Hesper, who was Dutch. They were married in Rotterdam. After the premature birth and death of a daughter called Frances, born in Edinburgh, the couple divorced in 1968. In 1969, he married his second wife Louise Panton, a documentary film-maker, and they had two daughters, Lucy and Juliet, but divorced in 1991. In 1999, he married Jan Thompson, a journalist and managing editor of The Guardian, and they had two sons, Calder and Sholto.

On 15 May 2021, Gillie died at the age of 83.[11] He had been suffering from lymphocytic leukaemia.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Gillie, Oliver". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "The Author - Sunlight Robbery". Health Research Forum. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ Gillie, Oliver (1965). "Growth and genetic control of enzyme level in Neurospora". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ISBN 9780761942177
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  5. ^ "Human Intelligence: The Cyril Burt Affair". www.intelltheory.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Poor health 'due to wet climate'". 15 September 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  7. ISSN 0261-3077
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  8. PMC 2593555
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  9. ^ "Winners of the Medical Journalists' Association award for Lifetime Achievement". Medical Journalists' Association. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Oliver Gillie Obituary". The Times. 14 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Oliver Gillie obituary". The Guardian. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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