John Arbuthnott (microbiologist)

Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott, PPRSE, FRCPSG, FMedSci, FRCPath (8 April 1939 – 21 February 2023) was a Scottish microbiologist who was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011[1] and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.[2]

Sir John Arbuthnott

Born
John Peebles Arbuthnott

(1939-04-08)8 April 1939
Died21 February 2023(2023-02-21) (aged 83)
NationalityScottish
Alma materHyndland Senior Secondary School
University of Glasgow
Trinity College, Dublin
OccupationMicrobiologist

Arbuthnott served as Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde between 1991 and 2000.

Life and career

Arbuthnott was educated at Hyndland Senior Secondary School, the University of Glasgow(BSc, PhD), and Trinity College, Dublin (MA, ScD).[3] In 1998, he was made a Knight Bachelor for services to education.[3]

In December 1997, while Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, Arbuthnott chaired the National Review of Resource Allocation ("The Arbuthnott Report"[4] and "the Arbuthnott Review".[5] The principal task of the independent review was to consider how money was allocated annually to fund the 14 Scottish NHS Boards. The resulting mechanism, known as the Arbuthnott Formula, assesses key indicators of population, inequality and deprivation of the areas covered by each of the boards to allocate money.

Arbuthnott was chair of the Arbuthnott Commission set up in 2004 to consider the consequences of having four separate voting systems for elections in Scotland and also different boundaries for Holyrood and Westminster constituencies.[3]

Sir John Arbuthnott died on 21 February 2023, at the age of 83.[6]

Professional posts

Professional committee work

Professional honours

Publications

  • Isoelectric Focusing. 1975.
  • The Determinants of Bacterial and Viral Pathogenicity. 1983.
  • Foodborne Illness: a Lancet Review. 1991.
  • Breaking The Mould. 2015.

References

  1. "Sir John Arbuthnott elected as the next RSE President". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell's First Public Event as RSE President to Take Place at Irvine Royal Academy - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. "Arbuthnott, Sir John (Peebles)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Scottish Parliament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2011.
  5. "Scotland Government Health Care".
  6. "Former Strathclyde Principal Professor Sir John Arbuthnott dies". 27 February 2023. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Arbuthnott Publishes Report on National Care Service". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  8. "Doktorzy Honoris Causa PŁ W Latach 1991-1995". Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. "St Mungo Prize honours Glaswegian academic". BBC News. 10 November 2010.
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