Sir David Williams | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge | |
| In office 1989 to 1996 | |
| Chancellor | The Duke of Edinburgh |
| Preceded by | Michael McCrum |
| Succeeded by | Alec Broers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1930-10-22)22 October 1930 Carmarthen,Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Died | 6 September 2009(2009-09-06) (aged 78) |
| Alma mater | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Sir David Glyndwr Tudor Williams,QC, DL (22 October 1930 – 6 September 2009) was a Welshbarrister and legal scholar. He was president ofWolfson College, Cambridge from 1980 to 1992. He was alsovice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge: on a part-time basis from 1989 to 1992, and then as the first full-time vice-chancellor from 1992 to 1996.
Williams was educated atQueen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen. From 1949 to 1950, he undertooknational service with theRoyal Air Force. In 1950, hematriculated intoEmmanuel College, Cambridge to study history and law. He graduated from theUniversity of Cambridge with afirst classBachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1954.[1][2]
He was aHarkness Fellow atBerkeley andHarvard between 1956 and 1958.[3] He moved toEmmanuel College, Cambridge, fromKeble College,Oxford in 1967 and was subsequently promoted toreader in public law 1976–1980, before being appointedRouse Ball Professor of English Law 1983–1992 and electedpresident ofWolfson College, Cambridge 1980–1992.
In 1989 he was appointed the first full-time vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge and was a member of theNuffield Council on Bioethics from 1991 to 1994.[4] In 2007 he was appointed as the chancellor ofSwansea University.[5]
Williams had been awarded honorary degrees by a dozen institutions, including an honoraryLLD from theUniversity of Cambridge and aDoctor of Civil Law from theUniversity of Western Ontario.
Williams died fromcancer on 6 September 2009 at the age of 78.[6][7]
In 2016, theUniversity of Cambridge Faculty of Law named its building[8] and a Chair in Public Law[9] after him.
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| Preceded by | President ofWolfson College, Cambridge 1980–1992 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1989–1996 | Succeeded by |
