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'''Thomas Wilson Meade''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FRS|FRCP}} (21 January 1936 – 24 October 2022) was a British epidemiologist. He was a pioneer in epidemiology—in particular, in the role blood clotting factors have in cardiovascular disease.<ref name="BMJ">{{cite web|title=Tom Meade|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2776|accessdate=30 November 2022|language=en}}</ref>
Professor '''Thomas Wilson Meade''' [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (born 1936), also known as '''Tom''', is a British epidemiologist.


Meade underwent medical training at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], and afterwards at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]], qualifying in 1960.<ref name="RS">{{cite web|title=Tom Meade|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/tom-meade-11941/|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate=13 June 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref>
Meade underwent medical training at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], and afterwards at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]], qualifying in 1960.<ref name="RS">{{cite web|title=Tom Meade|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/tom-meade-11941/|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate=13 June 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref>


In 1970, after a period studying at the [[Schieffelin Leprosy Research Sanatorium]] in [[South India]],<ref name="LSHTM">{{cite web|title=Tom Meade|url=https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/meade.tom|publisher=[[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] |accessdate=13 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> he became Director of the [[Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)|Medical Research Council]]'s Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit.<ref name="HoMBRG">{{cite Q|Q29581659}}</ref> He retired from there in 2001, and became Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]], investigating [[cardiovascular disease]].<ref name="RS" />
In 1970, after a period studying at the [[Schieffelin Leprosy Research Sanatorium]] in [[South India]],<ref name="LSHTM">{{cite web|title=Tom Meade|url=https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/meade.tom|publisher=[[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] |accessdate=13 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> he became Director of the [[Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)|Medical Research Council]]'s Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit.<ref name="HoMBRG">{{cite Q|Q29581659}}</ref> He retired from there in 2001, and became Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]], investigating [[cardiovascular disease]].<ref name="RS" />


He held Honorary Consultant positions in Epidemiology at St Bartholomew's, and at [[Northwick Park Hospital]].<ref name="HoMBRG" />
Meade held Honorary Consultant positions in Epidemiology at St Bartholomew's, and at [[Northwick Park Hospital]].<ref name="HoMBRG" />


He was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1994 Birthday Honours]] "For services to Medicine and to Scienece",<ref>{{London Gazette |date=10 June 1994 |supp=y |issue=53696 |pages=10 }}</ref> elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1996<ref name="RS" /> and received the [[Balzan Prize]] for epidemiology in 1997.<ref name="RS" />
Meade was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1994 Birthday Honours]] "For services to Medicine and to Science",<ref>{{London Gazette |date=10 June 1994 |supp=y |issue=53696 |pages=10 }}</ref> elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1996<ref name="RS" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Haines |first=Sir Andy |date=2024 |title=Thomas Wilson Meade. 21 January 1936 — 24 October 2022 |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2023.0036 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=76}}</ref> and received the [[Balzan Prize]] for epidemiology in 1997.<ref name="Balzan">{{cite web|title=Thomas Wilson Meade - 1997 Balzan Prize for Epidemiology|url=http://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/thomas-wilson-meade|publisher=[[Balzan Prize]]|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>


Tom Meade was a Quaker, attending [https://www.quaker.org.uk/meetings/hampstead Hampstead Friends Meeting]. He had a son and two daughters, and eight grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warren |first1=Penny |title=Tom Meade obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/22/tom-meade-obituary |access-date=22 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=22 November 2022}}</ref> Meade's son, [[Richard Meade (judge)|Sir Richard Meade]], was appointed a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court judge]] in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1 December 2021 |title=Meade, Hon. Sir Richard (David), (born 14 Nov. 1966) |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-246620 |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 April 2022 |website=[[Who's Who (UK)]] |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u246620|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref> One of his daughters runs the [https://www.railwaylandproject.org/who-is-who Railway Land Wildlife Trust] in Lewes, Sussex, the other is a [https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2776 NHS medical doctor] in London.
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Meade died on 24 October 2022, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warren |first1=Penny |title=Tom Meade obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/22/tom-meade-obituary |access-date=22 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=22 November 2022}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 12:11, 8 February 2024

For the American automobile designer, see Tom Meade.

Thomas Meade
CBE, FRS, FRCP
Born
Thomas Wilson Meade

(1936-01-21)21 January 1936[1]
Died24 October 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 86)
London
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
SpouseElizabeth Meade (née Perks)
ChildrenRichard David Meade, Helen Anna Meade, Rebecca Meade.
Parent(s)James Edward Meade, Margaret Elizabeth Meade (née Wilson).
AwardsBalzan Prize for Epidemiology

Thomas Wilson Meade CBE FRS FRCP (21 January 1936 – 24 October 2022) was a British epidemiologist. He was a pioneer in epidemiology—in particular, in the role blood clotting factors have in cardiovascular disease.[2]

Meade underwent medical training at Christ Church, Oxford, and afterwards at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1960.[3]

In 1970, after a period studying at the Schieffelin Leprosy Research Sanatorium in South India,[4] he became Director of the Medical Research Council's Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit.[5] He retired from there in 2001, and became Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, investigating cardiovascular disease.[3]

Meade held Honorary Consultant positions in Epidemiology at St Bartholomew's, and at Northwick Park Hospital.[5]

Meade was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours "For services to Medicine and to Science",[6] elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996[3][7] and received the Balzan Prize for epidemiology in 1997.[1]

Tom Meade was a Quaker, attending Hampstead Friends Meeting. He had a son and two daughters, and eight grandchildren.[8] Meade's son, Sir Richard Meade, was appointed a High Court judge in 2020.[9] One of his daughters runs the Railway Land Wildlife Trust in Lewes, Sussex, the other is a NHS medical doctor in London.

Meade died on 24 October 2022, at the age of 86.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Thomas Wilson Meade - 1997 Balzan Prize for Epidemiology". Balzan Prize. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Tom Meade". Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Tom Meade". Royal Society. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Tom Meade". London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b Andy Ness; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2002). Population-based Research in South Wales: The MRC Pneumoconiosis Research Unit and the MRC Epidemiology Unit. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-081-6. OL 16407718M. Wikidata Q29581659.
  6. ^ "No. 53696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1994. p. 10.
  7. ^ Haines, Sir Andy (2024). "Thomas Wilson Meade. 21 January 1936 — 24 October 2022". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 76.
  8. ^ Warren, Penny (22 November 2022). "Tom Meade obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Meade, Hon. Sir Richard (David), (born 14 Nov. 1966)". Who's Who (UK). 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u246620. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  10. ^ Warren, Penny (22 November 2022). "Tom Meade obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

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