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Acheson, Sir Ernest Donald, (1926-2010), Knight, physician and epidemiologist

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Alternative name(s):
  • Ernest Donald Acheson (Real name)
Surname: Acheson
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Ernest Donald
Gender: Male
Date: 1926-2010
Title: Knight
History: Sir Donald Acheson. Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health and Chief Medical Adviser to the British Government, 1984-1991; chairman of the International Centre for Health and Society at University College, London, from 1997. Knighted 1986.
References: Who's Who; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276036 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P215792 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1989-1998: Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health (Acheson Committee): Records
The National Archives, Kew
JA 8
2
1969-2000: papers incl as Chief Medical Officer of England
University of Southampton Library
MS 386
See Annual Return 2009