| Authorised form of name | Clarke; Sir; Cyril Astley (1907 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1907 - 2000 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 22/08/1907 |
| Place of death | Hoylake, Cheshire |
| Date of death | 21/11/2000 |
| Research field | Genetics |
| Activity | Education:
Oundle School; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; Guy's Hospital, London
Career:
In Life Insurance Practice (for 3 years); Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve as medical specialist in hospital ships (during World War 2); Honorary Consultant Physician, David Lewis Northern Hospital, Liverpool (1946); Reader in Medicine, Liverpool (1958-1965); founded Nuffield Unit of Medical Genetics and was its director (1963-1972); Professor of Medicine, Liverpool University (1965-1972); President of the Royal College of Physicians (1972-1977), initiated review of constitution; Chairman, Council of Bedford College (1975-1985); his collection of butterflies is at Natural History Museum
Honours:
CBE 1969; KBE 1974
Memberships:
RCP (President 1972-1977); Royal Entomological Society (President 1991-1992); British Mule Society (President) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1970 |
| Age at election | 62 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Buchanan Medal 1990 |
| Relationships | Son of Astley Vavasour Clarke, Physician at Leicester Royal Infirmary; married (1935) Frieda Hart (died 1998); three sons |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: Daily Telegraph (30/11/2000); Guardian, Independent (1/12/2000)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 69-85, plate, by Sir David Weatherall FRS
References:
A Cohen, 'Roland Trimen and the merope harem' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 205-218
AssocMaterial:
NCUACS 93/6/00. Papers deposited in the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Liverpool University Library |
| Code | NA6605 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1970/05 | Clarke, Cyril Astley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HWT/39/90 | Great Britain-China Committee (later Great Britain-China Centre) | August 1976 |
| HWT/39/53 | Great Britain-China Committee (later Great Britain-China Centre) | June 1974 |
| HWT/39/95 | Great Britain-China Committee (later Great Britain-China Centre) | January 1977 |
| IM/000865 | Clarke, Sir Cyril Astley | 1984 |
| IM/GA/JGRS/7870 | Clarke, Sir Cyril Astley | 1976 |
| WF/364 | Grant application from Chelsea College of Science & Technology to the Wolfson Foundation | 1973-1981 |
| WF/918 | Grant application from the University of Hull to the Wolfson Foundation | 1978-1988 |
| WF/205 | Grant applications from University of Sheffield to the Wolfson Foundation | 1964-1981 |
| WF/282 | Grant applications from Hampstead Child-Therapy Course & Clinic to the Wolfson Foundation | 1970 - 1981 |
| WF/464 | Grant applications from Nightingale to the Wolfson Foundation | 1975-1985 |
| WF/467 | Grant applications from Middlesex Hospital Medical School to the Wolfson Foundation | 1971-1976 |
| WF/417 | Grant applications from Guy's Hospital, Medical & Dental Schools to the Wolfson Foundation | 1969-1977 |
| WF/490 | Grant application from the Cornwall Arthritis Appeal to the Wolfson Foundation | 1977-1978 |
| WF/624 | Grant applications from Barnardo's to the Wolfson Foundation | 1978-1982 |
| WF/640 | Grant application from the Society of Clinical Psychiatrists Research Fund | 1976-1980 |
| WF/751 | Grant application from the National Society for Cancer Relief (Macmillan) to the Wolfson Foundation | 1979-1981 |
| WF/407 | Grant application from University College, Oxford to the Wolfson Foundation | 1972-1981 |
| WF/786 | Grant application from the Royal College of Radiologists to the Wolfson Foundation | 1979-1982 |
| WF/19 | Grant applications from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School to the Wolfson Foundation | 1956-1984 |
| WF/487 | Grant applications from King's College London to the Wolfson Foundation | 1977-1981 |
| WF/475 | Grant application from the Royal College of Psychiatrists to the Wolfson Foundation | 1975-1977 |
| WF/639 | Grant application from The London Hospital Medical College to the Wolfson Foundation | 1978-1979 |
| WF/233 | Grant application from Glasgow Royal Infirmary to the Wolfson Foundation | 1967-1981 |
| WF/385 | Grant applications from the Royal College of General Practitioners to the Wolfson Foundation | 1971-1985 |
| WF/716 | Grant application from University of Oxford to the Wolfson Foundation | 1977-1988 |
| WF/617 | Grant application from the University of Dundee to the Wolfson Foundation | 1970-1981 |
| WF/650 | Grant application from The University of Nottingham to the Wolfson Foundation | 1 January 1976 |
| WF/610 | Grant application from the University of Manchester to the Wolfson Foundation | 1976-1984 |