the-BA : David King Biography

David King ScD, FRS, FRSC, FinstP was appointed as the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Office of Science and Technology in October 2000.
Born in South Africa in 1939, and after an early career at the University of Witwatersrand, Imperial College and the University of East Anglia, he became the Brunner Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Liverpool in 1974.

In 1988, he was appointed 1920 Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and subsequently became Master of Downing College (1995-2000), and Head of the University Chemistry Department (1993-2000). He retains his position at Cambridge as 1920 Professor of Chemistry, where he is still active in research.

David spoke at the x-change in January 2004 & July 2005 at the Dana Centre.

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