John Haybittle
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Dr John Leslie Haybittle (18 October 1922 - 19 November 2017) was a British medical physicist.[1]
Born18 October 1922
Died19 November 2017 (aged 95)
OccupationMedical physicist
EmployerAddenbrooke's Hospital
John Haybittle | |
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| Born | 18 October 1922 |
| Died | 19 November 2017 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Medical physicist |
| Employer | Addenbrooke's Hospital |
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Haybittle took up a position as junior physicist at Addenbrooke's Hospital in 1948. He worked there until retirement in 1982, by which time he was Chief Physicist.[2]
He served as secretary of the British Institute of Radiology from 1962 to 1967, and was editor of the British Journal of Radiology from 1981 to 1986.[2]
He was awarded the British Institute of Radiology's Röntgen Prize in 1972 and their Barclay Medal in 1987.[2]
He is a co-inventor, with Richard Peto, of the Haybittle–Peto boundary.[3][4]
