Michael Swann

The Right Honourable
The Lord Swann
FRS FRSE
The Right Honourable The Lord Swann FRS FRSE
	Swann in 1987
Born	Michael Meredith Swann; 1 March 1920
Died	2 September 1990 (aged 70)
Nationality	British
Education	Winchester College; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge;
Known for	The mechanisms of cell division and fertilisation
Spouse	Tess Gleadowe (m. 1942)
Children	4
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Edinburgh;

Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann, FRS, FRSE^[1] (1 March 1920 – 22 September 1990) was a British molecular and cell biologist. He was appointed chairman of the BBC, awarded a knighthood and subsequently a life peerage.

^ Mitchison, J. M. (1991). "Michael Meredith Swann Baron Swann of Coln St Denys. 1 March 1920 – 22 September 1990". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 446–460. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0023. JSTOR 770039. S2CID 70752369.

[frs-1] Mitchison, J. M. (1991). "Michael Meredith Swann Baron Swann of Coln St Denys. 1 March 1920 – 22 September 1990". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 446–460. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0023. JSTOR 770039. S2CID 70752369.

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The Right Honourable The Lord Swann FRS FRSE
Swann in 1987
Born	Michael Meredith Swann (1920-03-01)1 March 1920
Died	2 September 1990(1990-09-02) (aged 70)
Nationality	British
Education	Winchester College Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Known for	The mechanisms of cell division and fertilisation
Spouse	Tess Gleadowe (m. 1942)
Children	4
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh