William Bonfield
{{Short description|British material scientist}}
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William Bonfield (born 6 March 1937) is a British material scientist, and Emeritus Professor of Medical Materials in the University of Cambridge.[http://www.ukchina-rabmm.org/page22.php?view=thumbnailList&category=1 UK-China Research Academy of Bioactive Molecules and Materials], Professor William Bonfield at RABBM
Life
He earned a BSc with First Class Honours, and PhD at Imperial College, London.
He was a senior research scientist at the Honeywell Research Center from 1961 to 1968. He taught at Queen Mary College, becoming the chairman of the school of engineering, and dean of engineering.
He was director of the University of London Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Biomedical Materials.[http://www.biomaterials.utu.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&catid=1 Professor William Bonfield - Honorary Doctor of Faculty of Medicine] In 1991 he was awarded the A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize.
He was professor of medical materials, at the University of Cambridge.
He directed the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials, and the Pfizer Institute of Pharmaceutical Materials Science.[http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/ccmm/about/academic/bonfieldbiog.html Biography of William Bonfield]
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External links
- [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/8501/William%20BONFIELD.aspx William Bonfield on Debrett's People of Today]
- [http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/ccmm/about/academic/bonfield.html Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials]. William Bonfield is a current group member.
- [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mecheng/people/emeritus/prof-william-bonfield UCL]
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Category:British materials scientists
Category:Alumni of Imperial College London
Category:Academics of Queen Mary University of London
Category:Academics of the University of Cambridge
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society