| Authorised form of name | Marshall; Christopher John (1949 - 2015) |
| Dates | 1949 - 2015 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Birmingham |
| Date of birth | 19/01/1949 |
| Date of death | 08/08/2015 |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Research field | Cancer research |
| Activity | Education:
King Henry VIII School, Coventry. Churchill College, Cambridge; Lincoln college Oxford for D.Phil.
Career:
Imperial Cancer Resewrch Fund in Lpondon; Sidney Farber (now Dana-Farber) Cancer Institute in Boston, USA,then bakc to UK to work for the Imperial Cancer Researdch Fund. Most significant achievement the identification of a human oncogene, a normal gene present in each cell that mutates and triggers cancer.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/03/1995 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Buchanan Medal 2008 for his outstanding contribution to understanding how cancers develop and in the identification of major targets for their therapeutic treatment. |
| Relationships | married in 1973 Vivien Morrall, divorced 1997, 3 children Joe, Lucy and Francis; in 2005, Lesley Ford |
| Code | NA4576 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002985 | Marshall, Christopher John | 1995 |
| EC/1995/18 | Marshall, Christopher John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1993 |