Sir Gordon Ivan Hobday (born 1916) is a distinguished scientist, who worked on penicillin with Alexander Fleming, and is noted especially for his role as director of the Boots research team that developed ibuprofen. Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN or pen) is a group of Beta-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of Bacterial Infections Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 &ndash 11 March 1955 was a Scottish Biologist and Pharmacologist. This article is about a former British company which has now merged to form Alliance Boots, as a result information on this page may be out of date Ibuprofen ( INN) (ˌaɪbjuːˈpɹəʊfɛn (from the now outdated nomenclature i so- bu tyl- pro panoic- phen olic acid is a Non-steroidal He later went on to become Chairman of Boots.
He was the 4th Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, of which university he was a graduate. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. The University of Nottingham is a Public, Co-educational institution of Higher learning in the city of Nottingham, England. He was Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1983–1991. This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Francis Hill |
Chancellor of the University of Nottingham 1978–1993 |
Succeeded by Ronald Dearing, Baron Dearing |
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| Preceded by Philip Francklin |
Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1983–1991 |
Succeeded by Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt |
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