Derek Hull

{{Short description|British material scientist}}

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| office = Goldsmiths' Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge

| term_start = 1984

| term_end = 1991

| office2 = Henry Bell Wortley Professor of Materials Engineering, University of Liverpool

| term_start2 = 1964

| term_end2 = 1984

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Derek Hull (born 8 August 1931) is a British material scientist,[https://archive.today/20120501201925/http://www.debretts.co.uk/people/biographies/browse/h/5162/Derek+HULL.aspx People of today Index, People of Today, People | Debrett's] and Henry Bell Wortley Chair of Metallurgy, at the University of Liverpool.{{cite web | url=https://archive.today/20120715160152/http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/ead/search?operation=full&rsid=136233&firstrec=1&numreq=20&highlight=1&recid=gb141unistaffh-d929 | title=Special Collections & Archives :: Display in Full }} He was awarded the A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize in 1985.

He is the son of William Hull and Nellie Hayes. He is the elder brother of paediatrician Sir David Hull.{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 1995 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}