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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenneth_Calman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenneth_Calman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Calman > Source revision: 1351314176 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish doctor and cancer researcher (1941–2025)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sir Kenneth Calman | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|DL|FRCP|FRCS|FRCSGlas|FRSE|FRCGP}} | image_size = | image = Kenneth_Calman.jpg | caption = Calman in 2019 | order = | office = [Chancellor of the University of Glasgow](/source/Chancellor_of_the_University_of_Glasgow) | term_start = 23 January 2006 | term_end = 15 June 2020 | predecessor = [Sir William Kerr Fraser](/source/William_Kerr_Fraser) | successor = Dame [Katherine Grainger](/source/Katherine_Grainger) | office2 = [Warden and Vice-Chancellor](/source/Vice-Chancellor) of the [University of Durham](/source/University_of_Durham) | term_start2 = 1998 | term_end2 = 2006 | predecessor2 = [Evelyn Ebsworth](/source/Evelyn_Ebsworth) | successor2 = [Chris Higgins](/source/Chris_Higgins_(academic)) | office3 = [Chief Medical Officer for Her Majesty's Government](/source/Chief_Medical_Officer_for_Her_Majesty's_Government) | term_start3 = 1 January 1991 | term_end3 = 31 December 1997 | predecessor3 = Sir [Donald Acheson](/source/Donald_Acheson) | successor3 = Sir [Liam Donaldson](/source/Liam_Donaldson) | office4 = [Chief Medical Officer for Scotland](/source/Chief_Medical_Officer_(United_Kingdom)) | term_start4 = 1989 | term_end4 = 1991 | predecessor4 = Iain Macdonald | successor4 = [Robert Evan Kendell](/source/Robert_Evan_Kendell) | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1941|12|25}} | birth_place = [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2025|7|21|1941|12|25}} | death_place = Glasgow, Scotland | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | spouse = {{marriage|Ann Wilkie|1967}} | children = 3, including [Susan](/source/Susan_Calman) | alma_mater = [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) | occupation = | profession = Physician, surgeon, author | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Sir Kenneth Charles Calman''' (25 December 1941 – 21 July 2025) was a Scottish doctor and academic who worked as a surgeon, oncologist and [cancer research](/source/cancer_research)er, and held the position of [Chief Medical Officer](/source/Chief_Medical_Officer_(United_Kingdom)) of Scotland, and then England.{{cite journal |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5467 |title=A former chief medical officer: Interview with Kenneth Calman |last=Chapman |first=Kate |date=2 September 2011 |journal=[The BMJ](/source/The_BMJ) |issue=343 |doi=10.1136/bmj.d5467 |s2cid=80057792 |access-date=11 January 2019|url-access=subscription }} He was [Warden and Vice-Chancellor](/source/Vice-Chancellor) of [Durham University](/source/Durham_University) from 1998 to 2006 before becoming [Chancellor of the University of Glasgow](/source/Chancellor_of_the_University_of_Glasgow). He held the position of Chair of the [National Cancer Research Institute](/source/National_Cancer_Research_Institute) from 2008 until 2011. From 2008 to 2009, he was convener of the [Calman Commission](/source/Calman_Commission) on [Scottish devolution](/source/Scottish_devolution). ==Early life== Kenneth Calman was born on 25 December 1941 to Grace Douglas Don and Arthur McIntosh Calman.{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U9920 |chapter=Calman, Sir Kenneth (Charles) |date=December 2008 |title=Who's Who |publisher=A&C Black |access-date=4 November 2016|title-link=Who's Who (UK) }} He was educated at [Allan Glen's School](/source/Allan_Glen's_School){{cite web |url=http://www.allanglens.com/index.php/the-past/former-pupils |title=Former Pupils |website=Allan Glen's School |access-date=23 July 2025 |archive-date=20 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420040457/http://www.allanglens.com/index.php/the-past/former-pupils |url-status=live}} and the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow). He began medical training and graduated with an [intercalated](/source/Medical_school_in_the_United_Kingdom) BSc degree in [biochemistry](/source/biochemistry) in 1964 while studying for his [MB ChB](/source/MB_ChB), the general medical degree that he completed in 1967.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zZRAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3105%2C6138108 |title=Professor to lead research into cancer |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=28 August 1974 |page=6 |access-date=27 July 2025}} He undertook a [PhD](/source/PhD) in [dermatology](/source/dermatology) and also received an MD with Honours in organ preservation.{{cite web|title=Biography of Sir Kenneth Calman|url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2033&type=P|website=University of Glasgow|access-date=25 June 2009|archive-date=16 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024631/http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2033&type=P|url-status=dead}} ==Career== Calman became Hall Fellow and lecturer in surgery at the University of Glasgow in 1969, and between 1972 and 1974, was a clinical research fellow at the [Chester Beatty Research Institute](/source/Institute_of_Cancer_Research) in London, funded by the [Medical Research Council](/source/Medical_Research_Council_(UK)).{{cite web |title=Sir Kenneth Calman, FRSE, PhD, BSc, FRCP, FRCS(Ed), FRCGP |url=http://www.nhshistory.net/cvcalman.htm|work=www.nhshistory.net |first=Geoffrey |last=Rivett |access-date=25 June 2009}} In 1974, Calman was appointed to the new chair of [clinical oncology](/source/clinical_oncology) at the University of Glasgow at the age of 32 years.{{cite journal |title=News and notes. Medical news |journal=[British Medical Journal](/source/British_Medical_Journal) |volume=3 |issue=5931 |page=636 |doi=10.1136/bmj.3.5931.636 |date=7 September 1974}} He became dean of postgraduate medicine at the University of Glasgow in 1984. Calman was appointed [chief medical officer](/source/Chief_Medical_Officer%2C_United_Kingdom) for Scotland, at the [Scottish Office](/source/Scottish_Office) in 1989. He was then appointed chief medical officer for England in 1991, by the [United Kingdom government](/source/United_Kingdom_government), at the [Department of Health](/source/Department_of_Health_(United_Kingdom)) in 1991.{{cite journal |title=New CMO |first=Tony |last=Delamothe |journal=[BMJ](/source/BMJ) |volume=302 |issue=6784 |page=1040 |date=4 May 1991 |doi=10.1136/bmj.302.6784.1039}} He was in post until 1998, a period that included the [BSE](/source/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy) crisis.{{cite journal |title=Health Profile: Challenging doctors: an interview with England's chief medical officer |first=R |last=Smith |journal=BMJ |volume=308 |issue=6938 |pages=1221–1224 |date=7 May 1994 |doi=10.1136/bmj.308.6938.1221 |pmid=8180543 |pmc=2540056 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/371891.stm |title=Kenneth Calman: The cautious doctor |work=BBC News |date=11 October 2000 |access-date=24 July 2025}}{{cite journal |title=Witnessing history: a personal view of half a century in public health |journal=[Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh](/source/Journal_of_the_Royal_College_of_Physicians_of_Edinburgh) |year=2018 |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=181–191 |first1=B P |last1=Bergman |first2=F |last2=Laing |first3=A S |last3=Chandler |first4=K C |last4=Calman |doi=10.4997/JRCPE.2018.214 |pmid=29992211 }} He was the UK representative at the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization) and chaired its executive committee in 1988–1989.{{cite journal |title=Bruntland makes waves in her first six months at the WHO |first=Karen |last=Birmingham |journal=[Nature Medicine](/source/Nature_Medicine) |volume=5 |page=249 |year=1999 |issue=3 |doi=10.1038/6435 |pmid=10086364 }} In 1998, he was appointed vice-chancellor and warden of [Durham University](/source/Durham_University). His time as vice-chancellor saw the expansion and integration of the [campus at Stockton-on-Tees](/source/Durham_University), with two colleges being established there in 2001 and the campus being renamed ''Queen's Campus'' during the [2002 Golden Jubilee](/source/Golden_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II) celebrations. A new college was also opened in 2006, [Josephine Butler College](/source/Josephine_Butler_College).{{cite web |url=https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2025/07/tributes-for-former-vice-chancellor-sir-kenneth-calman/ |title=Tributes for former Vice-Chancellor, Sir Kenneth Calman |publisher=[Durham University](/source/Durham_University) |date=23 July 2025 |access-date=26 July 2025}} There was also a return to the [teaching of medicine at Durham](/source/Durham_University_School_of_Medicine_and_Health), with students doing their pre-clinical studies at Queen's Campus before transferring to [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_University_Medical_School) to complete the clinical part of their degrees. His time as vice-chancellor also saw the closure of the Department of Applied Linguistics in 2003 and Department of East Asian Studies in 2007.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/nov/07/administration.highereducation |title=Durham's reputation suffers following east Asian course closure |first=Polly |last=Curtis |work=The Guardian |date=7 November 2003 |access-date=24 July 2025}} Professor Calman retired as Warden in 2007 and was succeeded by [Professor Christopher Higgins](/source/Chris_Higgins_(academic)).{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/jul/05/careers.highereducation |title=Medical scientist to be next Durham vice-chancellor |first=Chris |last=Johnston |work=The Guardian |date=5 July 2006 |access-date=24 July 2025}}{{cite web |date=22 March 2007 |title=Vice-Chancellor retires from Durham University |url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=5277 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112100026/https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=5277 |archive-date=12 January 2019 |website=Durham University}} Calman was a member of the [Nuffield Council on Bioethics](/source/Nuffield_Council_on_Bioethics) from 2000 to 2008.{{cite web |url=http://nuffieldbioethics.org/about/council-members/council-members/ |title=Past Council Members |website=Nuffield Council on Bioethics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713170103/https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/about/council-members/council-members/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=dead}} He chaired its inquiry on the ''Ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries''{{cite press release |url=http://nuffieldbioethics.org/news/2002/expert-group-launches-report-on-the-ethics-of/ |title=Expert group launches report on the ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries |website=Nuffield Council on Bioethics |date=24 April 2002 |access-date=31 May 2015}} from 2000 to 2002, and was a member of the Working Party on ''Public health''{{cite web |url=http://nuffieldbioethics.org/project/public-health/working-party/ |title=Previous work: Public Health: about the working party |website=Nuffield Council on Bioethics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113003850/http://nuffieldbioethics.org/project/public-health/working-party |archive-date=13 January 2019 |url-status=dead}} from 2006 to 2007. In 2004, he was appointed to the [Scottish Science Advisory Council](/source/Scottish_Science_Advisory_Council) (SSAC).{{cite web |url=https://scottishscience.org.uk/members/ssac-past-members |title=SSAC past members |publisher=[Scottish Science Advisory Council](/source/Scottish_Science_Advisory_Council) |access-date=26 July 2025}} On 23 January 2006, it was announced that Calman had been elected [Chancellor of the University of Glasgow](/source/Chancellor_of_the_University_of_Glasgow) by the [General Council](/source/General_Council_(Scottish_university)) of the university, taking around 60 per cent of the vote{{cite web |title=University of Glasgow appoints new Chancellor |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2006/january/headline_28808_en.html |publisher=[University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) |date=23 January 2006 |access-date=26 July 2025}} against opponent Professor Sir [Neil MacCormick](/source/Neil_MacCormick), a former [MEP](/source/Member_of_the_European_Parliament), jurist and son of [John MacCormick](/source/John_MacCormick), former [Rector of the university](/source/Rector_of_the_University_of_Glasgow). In 2007, he gave the Stanley Nisbet Lecture on "The Role of the University in the 21st Century".{{cite news |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/last-gasp-book-learning |title=Last gasp for book-learning |first=Walter |last=Humes |work=[TES](/source/TES_(magazine)) |date=22 June 2007 |access-date=24 July 2025}} He was Chancellor for fourteen years and retired in June 2020 at the age of 78.{{cite web |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/news/newsarchive/2020/19june2020/headline_727353_en.html |title=Professor Sir Kenneth Calman bows out as Chancellor |publisher=University of Glasgow |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=24 July 2025}} In 1980, he set up a charity, ''Tak Tent'', which is derived from a Scots phrase meaning "Take Care";{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XNdAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5010%2C72714 |title=The Courage Club. Its fighting talk in the battle to beat cancer |first=Barbara |last=MacMahon |work=The Evening Times |date=1 February 1983 |page=12 |access-date=28 July 2025}} it would later be known as "Cancer Support Scotland".{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23366189.cancer-charity-founder-sir-kenneth-calman-reflects-50-year-journey/ |title=Cancer charity founder Sir Kenneth Calman reflects on 50 year journey |first=Deborah |last=Anderson |work=The Herald |date=10 March 2023 |access-date=28 July 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC012867 |title=Cancer Support Scotland (Tak Tent) (subject to insolvency proceedings). SC012867. Registered charity from 19 December 1984 |access-date=28 July 2025}} Calman was chair of the Board of Trustees of the [National Trust for Scotland](/source/National_Trust_for_Scotland) from 2010 to 2015.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/sir-kenneth-calman-to-take-over-as-head-of-national-trust-for-scotland-1712119 |title=Sir Kenneth Calman to take over as head of National Trust for Scotland |date=19 July 2010 |work=The Scotsman |access-date=24 July 2025 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29704361 |title=The National Trust for Scotland looks for a new chairman |date=21 October 2014 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 November 2016}} On leaving that position, he was gifted a sundial which was installed at [Brodick Castle](/source/Brodick_Castle).{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-arran-banner/20150919/281483570172849 |title=Sir Kenneth unveils retiral sundial |work=[The Arran Banner](/source/The_Arran_Banner) |date=19 September 2015 |via=[PressReader](/source/PressReader) |access-date=2 December 2025}} On 1 October 2016, he took up the position of chair of the Board of [National Library of Scotland](/source/National_Library_of_Scotland).{{Cite web |url=http://www.nls.uk/news/press/2016/07/new-chair-appointed |title=Sir Kenneth Calman joins National Library as Board Chair |date=27 July 2016 |website=National Library of Scotland |access-date=4 November 2016 |archive-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105160813/http://www.nls.uk/news/press/2016/07/new-chair-appointed |url-status=dead }} He was involved with writing and editing multiple works, with more than 15 books published, mainly on medical topics.{{cite web |url=https://viaf.org/en/viaf/16140612 |title=Calman, Kenneth C. (Kenneth Charles) |publisher=[Virtual International Authority File](/source/Virtual_International_Authority_File) |access-date=26 July 2025}} He had many papers published on medicine, health and science. His first book was published in 1971, a pocketbook for doctors called ''Basic Skills for Surgical Housemen''.{{cite journal |title=Basic Skills for Surgical Housemen. By Kenneth C Calman, Lecturer in Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow. 7⅕ × 4⅘; in. Pp. 126 + vii. Illustrated. 1971. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. £1.|journal=[British Journal of Surgery](/source/British_Journal_of_Surgery) |volume=59 |issue=6 |date=1 June 1972 |page=500 |doi=10.1002/bjs.1800590641}} In 1978, with [John Paul](/source/John_Paul_(medical_scientist)), he wrote ''An Introduction to Cancer Medicine'', which was aimed at undergraduates.{{cite journal |title=Book Review. An Introduction to Cancer Medicine |first1=D |last1=Crowther |journal=[British Journal of Cancer](/source/British_Journal_of_Cancer) |volume=39 |page=348 |date=1 March 1979 |doi=10.1038/bjc.1979.66 |pmc=2009865 }} A collection of his essays, ''The Potential for Health'', was published in 1998.{{cite journal |last1=Various |title=Book reviews |journal=[Journal of Public Health Medicine](/source/Journal_of_Public_Health_Medicine) |volume=21 |issue=1 |date=1 March 1999 |pages=109–114 |doi=10.1093/pubmed/21.1.109}}{{rp|112–113}} ''A Study of Story Telling, Humour and Learning in Medicine: H M Queen Mother Fellowship, Eighth Lecture'' was published in 2001.{{cite journal |title=A Study of Story Telling, Humour and Learning in Medicine: H M Queen Mother Fellowship, Eighth Lecture |first=Trisha |last=Greenhalgh |author-link=Trisha Greenhalgh |journal=BMJ |issue=322 |page=1252 |doi=10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1252 |date=19 May 2001}} His memoir ''It Started in a Cupboard'' was published in 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/18074831.review-started-cupboard-kenneth-calman/ |title=Review: It Started in a Cupboard by Kenneth Calman |first=Rosemary |last=Goring |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=26 July 2025}} ===Calman Commission=== {{Main|Commission on Scottish Devolution}} Calman was the chair of a commission established by the [Scottish Parliament](/source/Scottish_Parliament) in March 2008 to review [Scottish devolution](/source/Scottish_devolution), commonly referred to as the ''Calman Commission''.{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7311840.stm |title=Devolution review body launched |website=BBC News |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=2 July 2014}} Other Commission members include former [Lord Advocate](/source/Lord_Advocate) [Colin Boyd](/source/Colin_Boyd%2C_Baron_Boyd_of_Duncansby), former Deputy First Minister [Jim Wallace](/source/Jim_Wallace), and [Mona Siddiqui](/source/Mona_Siddiqui), Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow. The Commission published its first interim report in December 2008,{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/02_12_08_calman.pdf |title=The Future of Scottish Devolution within the Union: A First Report |website=Commission on Scottish Devolution |via=BBC News |date=2 December 2008}} and published its final report on 15 June 2009.{{cite web |title=Commission on Scottish Devolution |url=http://www.commissiononscottishdevolution.org.uk/ |website=www.commissiononscottishdevolution.org.uk |access-date=27 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102131132/http://www.commissiononscottishdevolution.org.uk/ |archive-date=2 January 2015 |location=web.archive.org |date=15 June 2009 |url-status=live }} The Commission recommended, among other things, that the Scottish Parliament receive greater tax-raising powers as well as control over the regulation of airguns, the administration of elections, drink-driving limits and the national speed limit. In 2014, he took on the role of honorary president of the Friends of [Glasgow University Library](/source/Glasgow_University_Library).{{cite web |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/news/archives/2014/october/headline_363883_en.html |title=Library Friends' new Honorary President |publisher=University of Glasgow |date=8 October 2014 |access-date=27 July 2025}} He chaired the Glasgow City of Science 2010–2015 and then continued as honorary president.{{cite web |url=https://glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/chamber-chief-named-new-glasgow-city-of-science-chair/ |title=Chamber chief named new Glasgow City of Science chair |publisher=Glasgow City of Science and Innovation |date=18 June 2015 |access-date=27 July 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-mourns-the-loss-of-sir-kenneth-calman/ |title=Honorary President of Glasgow City of Science and Innovation |publisher=Glasgow City of Science and Innovation |date=25 July 2025 |access-date=27 July 2025}} ==Personal life and death== Calman was President of the [Boys' Brigade](/source/Boys'_Brigade) from 2008 until 2011,{{cite web |url=https://boys-brigade.org.uk/professor-sir-kenneth-calman-kcb/ |title=Professor Sir Kenneth Calman KCB |publisher=[Boys' Brigade](/source/Boys'_Brigade) |date=24 July 2025 |access-date=24 July 2025}} and addressed his first council meeting as president at [Tulliallan Castle](/source/Tulliallan_Castle) in September 2008. He liked to write poetry. In 2013, he graduated with a [Master of Letters](/source/Master_of_Letters) degree from the University of Glasgow with a thesis on Scottish literature and medicine.{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13111446.university-chancellor-now-masters-new-roll/ |title=University chancellor now masters a new roll |work=The Herald |date=28 June 2013 |access-date=25 July 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://theses.gla.ac.uk/3967/ |title=Enlighten Theses > Calman, Kenneth Charles (2012) Makars and mediciners: A study of the link between Scottish literature, medicine and health. MLitt(R) thesis, University of Glasgow. |publisher=University of Glasgow |access-date=24 July 2025}} This was subsequently published as a book, ''A Doctor's Line'', in 2014.{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/13177467.kenneth-c-calman-doctors-line-sandstone/ |title=Kenneth C Calman: A Doctor's Line (Sandstone) |work=The Herald |date=30 August 2014 |access-date=24 July 2025}} Calman married Ann Wilkie in 1967,{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20190821/281844350286429 |title=How early trauma spurred Sir Kenneth to a life in medicine |work=The Scotsman |date=21 August 2019 |access-date=24 July 2025 |via=PressReader}} and had a son and two daughters, one of whom is the comedian [Susan Calman](/source/Susan_Calman){{cite news |first=Gillian |last=Bowditch |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article6727493.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615051801/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article6727493.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2011 |title=Susan Calman: the lawyer who became our pint-sized new comic pin-up |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |date=26 July 2009 |access-date=18 April 2011}} and one of whom is [Professor](/source/Professor) Lynn Calman.{{cite news |url= https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20190821/281844350286429 |title=Professor Lynn Calman |work=Southampton University |date=23 August 2025 |access-date=23 August 2025 |via=PressReader}} He enjoyed collecting cartoons and sundials. Calman died from a short illness on 21 July 2025, at the age of 83, at the [Queen Elizabeth University Hospital](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_University_Hospital), Glasgow.{{cite web |url=https://rcpsg.ac.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-Sir-Kenneth-Calman-202507 |title=Tributes paid to Sir Kenneth Calman, 1941–2025|publisher=[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons_of_Glasgow) |date=24 July 2025 |access-date=26 July 2025}}{{cite news |title=Kenneth Calman obituary: former chief medical officer for Scotland |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/kenneth-calman-obituary-death-sjj8tt5k6 |access-date=25 July 2025 |work=The Times |date=25 July 2025 |url-access=subscription}} ==Honours and awards== Calman received honorary degrees from the universities of Glasgow,{{cite book |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_61834_smxx.pdf |title=Who, Where and When: The History & Constitution of the University of Glasgow |publisher=[University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) |date=2001 |isbn=0-85261-734-8 |pages=204}} [Aberdeen](/source/University_of_Aberdeen),{{cite web |url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/graduation/gallery/honorary-graduates/#panel103764 |title=Honorary graduates| publisher=[University of Aberdeen](/source/University_of_Aberdeen) |access-date=26 July 2025}} [Nottingham](/source/University_of_Nottingham),{{cite web |url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/registrar/documents/hon-deg-list-nov2021.pdf |title=Honorary Graduates of the University of Nottingham |publisher=[University of Nottingham](/source/University_of_Nottingham) |date=November 2021 |access-date=26 July 2025}} [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_University),{{cite web |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/congregations/files/Hon%20Degrees%20Awarded%20with%20Themes%20Dec%202024.pdf |title=Honorary graduates| publisher=[Newcastle University](/source/Newcastle_University) |access-date=26 July 2025}} [Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham),{{cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/honorary-degrees/99802.article |title=Honorary degrees |work=[Times Higher Education](/source/Times_Higher_Education) |date=19 July 1996 |access-date=26 July 2025}} [Stirling](/source/University_of_Stirling),{{cite web |url=https://www.stir.ac.uk/events/graduation/honorary-graduates/ |title=Honorary graduates| publisher=[University of Stirling](/source/University_of_Stirling) |access-date=26 July 2025}} [Paisley](/source/University_of_the_West_of_Scotland),{{cite web |url=https://www.uws.ac.uk/media/5332/university-of-paisley-honorary-awards-1993-2007.pdf |title=Honorary doctors of the University of Paisley |page=2 |publisher=[University of the West of Scotland](/source/University_of_the_West_of_Scotland) |access-date=26 July 2025}} [Westminster](/source/University_of_Westminster){{cite web |url=https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/honorary-awards/honorary-awards-1992-2009 |title=Honorary awards 1992-2009 |access-date=26 July 2025}} and [Brighton](/source/University_of_Brighton),{{cite web |url=https://www.brighton.ac.uk/alumni/our-alumni/honorary-graduates/index.aspx|title=Our alumni > Honorary graduates |publisher=[University of Brighton](/source/University_of_Brighton) |access-date=25 July 2025}} the [Open University](/source/Open_University){{cite web |url=https://university.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/sites/www.open.ac.uk.students.ceremonies/files/Honorary%20graduate%20cumulative%20list(1).pdf |title=Honorary graduate cumulative list |publisher=[Open University](/source/Open_University) |page=4 |access-date=26 July 2025}} and [Glasgow Caledonian University](/source/Glasgow_Caledonian_University).{{cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/honorary-degrees/92625.article |title=Honorary degrees |work=Times Higher Education |date=16 February 1996 |access-date=26 July 2025}} He gained Fellowship of the [Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_Edinburgh) in 1971. He was elected as a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) in their clinical sciences discipline in 1979.{{cite web |url=https://rse.org.uk/fellowship/fellow/sir-kenneth-calman-28179/ |title=Fellowship > Sir Kenneth Calman |publisher=[Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) |access-date=24 July 2025}} He was a Fellow of the [Royal College of Physicians](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians).{{cite web |url=https://www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/fellowship/register-of-fellows/?name=Kenneth+Calman |title=Register of Fellows |publisher=[Royal College of Physicians](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians) |access-date=27 July 2025}} He was made a [Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath) in the [1996 New Year Honours](/source/1996_New_Year_Honours).{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12054564.leading-scots-knighted |title=Leading Scots knighted |work=The Herald |date=29 December 1995 |access-date=27 July 2025}} He received many honorary fellowships. In 1997 he received Fellowship ''ad eundem'' from the [Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists](/source/Royal_College_of_Obstetricians_and_Gynaecologists){{cite web |url=https://www.rcog.org.uk/membership/fellows-and-members/fellowship-ad-eundem-and-honoris-causa/ |title=Fellows and Members > Fellowship ad eundem and honoris causa |publisher=[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists](/source/Royal_College_of_Obstetricians_and_Gynaecologists) |access-date=25 July 2025}} and an honorary fellowship from the [Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_in_Ireland).{{cite web |url=https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/library/collections/heritage-collections/honorary-fellows |title=Honorary Fellows |publisher=[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_in_Ireland) |access-date=26 July 2025}} He was elected to the [Academy of Medical Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Medical_Sciences_(United_Kingdom)) in 1998.{{cite web |url=https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/fellow/Sir-Kenneth-Calman-0005495 |title=Fellows > Sir Kenneth Calman FRSE FMedSci |publisher=[Academy of Medical Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Medical_Sciences_(United_Kingdom)) |access-date=25 July 2025}} He became a Fellow of the [Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons_of_Glasgow) in 2005. He gave the [Royal College of General Practitioners](/source/Royal_College_of_General_Practitioners)' William Pickles lecture in 2000.{{cite journal |title=The William Pickles Lecture. Issues of risk: 'this unique opportunity'. |first=K C |last=Calman |journal=[British Journal of General Practice](/source/British_Journal_of_General_Practice) |date=January 2001 |volume=51 |issue=462 |pages=47–51 |url=https://bjgp.org/content/51/462/47}} He was an Honorary Fellow of the [Academy of Medical Educators](/source/Academy_of_Medical_Educators%2C_United_Kingdom).{{cite web |url=https://www.medicaleducators.org/Our-Honorary-Fellows |title=Honorary Fellows of the Academy of Medical Educators |publisher=[Academy of Medical Educators](/source/Academy_of_Medical_Educators%2C_United_Kingdom) (AoME) |access-date=18 April 2022}} Since 2009, the [Academy of Medical Educators](/source/Academy_of_Medical_Educators%2C_United_Kingdom) has held a lecture named for him.{{cite web |url=https://medicaleducators.org/Calman-Lecture-Presidents-Evening |title=Calman Lecture & President's Evening |publisher=[Academy of Medical Educators](/source/Academy_of_Medical_Educators%2C_United_Kingdom) |access-date=24 July 2025}} In 2009, he was appointed a [Deputy Lieutenant in the City of Glasgow](/source/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland).{{cite news |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/12847322.top-two-honoured-by-city/ |title=Top two honoured by city |work=The Evening Times |date=4 November 2009|access-date=24 July 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/E-26695-1 |title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions |work=[The Edinburgh Gazette](/source/The_Edinburgh_Gazette) |date=13 October 2009 |issue=26695 |page=4701 |access-date=27 July 2025}} == References == {{reflist}} == Sources == * {{cite book | last1 = Sheard | first1 = Sally | last2 = Donaldson | first2 = Liam | author-link2 = Liam Donaldson | year = 2005 | title = The Nation's Doctor | location = London | publisher = The Nuffield Trust | isbn = 978-1846190018 }} == External links == * {{History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group ID}} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7311840.stm BBC News: Devolution Review Body Launched] {{S-start}} {{S-gov}} {{Succession box|title=[Chief Medical Officer for Scotland](/source/Chief_Medical_Officer_(United_Kingdom))|before=Iain Macdonald|after=Robert Kendell|years=1989–1991}} {{Succession box|title=[Chief Medical Officer for Her Majesty's Government](/source/Chief_Medical_Officer_for_Her_Majesty's_Government)|before=Sir [Donald Acheson](/source/Donald_Acheson)|after=Sir [Liam Donaldson](/source/Liam_Donaldson)|years=1991–1998}} {{S-aca}} {{Succession box | title=[Warden and Vice-Chancellor](/source/Vice_Chancellor) of the [University of Durham](/source/University_of_Durham) | before=[Professor Evelyn Ebsworth](/source/Evelyn_Ebsworth) | after=[Professor Christopher Higgins](/source/Chris_Higgins_(academic))| years=1998 to 2007}} {{S-bef | before=[Sir William Kerr Fraser](/source/William_Kerr_Fraser)}} {{S-ttl | title=[Chancellor](/source/Chancellor_of_the_University_of_Glasgow) of the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) | years=2006–2020 {{S-aft | after=[Dame Katherine Grainger](/source/Katherine_Grainger)}} }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Calman, Kenneth}} Category:1941 births Category:2025 deaths Category:20th-century Scottish surgeons Category:21st-century Scottish medical doctors Category:Academics of the University of Glasgow Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow Category:Chancellors of the University of Glasgow Category:Chief Medical Officers for England Category:Chief Medical Officers for Scotland Category:Deputy lieutenants of Glasgow Category:Fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Category:Honorary Fellows of the Academy of Medical Educators Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category:Medical doctors from Glasgow Category:People educated at Allan Glen's School Category:Vice-chancellors and wardens of Durham University Category:21st-century British surgeons --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kenneth Calman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Calman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Calman?action=history)). 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