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==Overview==
'''Gordon Hamilton-Fairley''' (1930-1975), was one of the world's leading cancer specialists. Born and raised in [[Australia]], he moved to the [[United Kingdom]] where he studied and worked.  He was killed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]].

== His life ==

The son of an eminent research worker in tropical diseases (Sir [[Neil Hamilton Fairley]]), Gordon Fairley grew up in Australia. He studied at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], and [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]], [[London]].

Trained in [[hematology]] as Leverhulme Research Scholar at the [[Royal College of Physicians]], he continued his research with an emphasis on immunohematology.

In 1968 he became director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Institute of Cancer Research. In 1970 he became director of the Medical Oncology Research Unit. In 1972 he became Imperial Cancer Fund Professor of Oncology.

He was killed by a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] car bomb in [[London]] on [[22 October]] [[1975]].[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3458/is_200403/ai_n8232573] The bomb was intended for [[Hugh Fraser (politician)|Sir Hugh Fraser]], his wife [[Antonia Fraser|Lady Antonia Fraser]] and their guest [[Caroline Kennedy]], who lived nearby but Dr. Hamilton-Fairley accidentally set it off when he spotted the suspicious package under their car while walking his dog.

==External links==

The Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Fellowship e.g.,[http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/research/loc/cambridge/cambridge_univ/wooy/wooyfr/wooyfrp1/?version=1  "T- Cell responses to the E2 and E6 protein of HPV 16 in women with low grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - a longitudinal study"]

BACR (British Association for Cancer Research)/Gordon Hamilton-Fairley Young Investigator Award [http://www.bacr.org.uk/specialawards/specialawards.asp#BACR%20-%20Hamilton-Fairley%20Young%20Investigator%20Award ]

==References==
* [http://www.bloodjournal.org/cgi/reprint/47/3/523.pdf#search=%22%22gordon%20hamilton-fairley%22%22  In Memoriam: Gordon Hamilton-Fairley 1930-1975]

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