Peter Froggatt
Sir Peter Froggatt FSS FRCPI FRCP (12 June 1928 − 3 May 2020) was a Northern Irish epidemiologist and academic.[1][2] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast between 1976 and 1986.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]He was the son of Albert Victor Froggatt and Edith Curran. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, the Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin.[1]
Career
[edit]He worked at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital, Dublin and at Short Brothers and Harland & Wolff in Belfast.[4]
He joined Queen’s University in 1959; he became Professor of Epidemiology in 1968 and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1971.[5]
He became Vice Chancellor of Queen's University in 1976.[6]
He also served on several committees and societies, including The Independent Scientific Committee on Smoking and Health,[7] as well as the National Deaf Childrens’ Society (NI), Age Concern (NI), the Ulster Cancer Foundation, Co-Operation North, the American Ireland Fund and the NI Association for Mental Health;[8] he was also an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
He was the Chairman of the Ulster College of Music during the 1990s.[9]
Honours
[edit]He was knighted in 1985.[8][6]
He was a Foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.[5]
He was a Fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians in London.[8]
The Peter Froggatt Centre at Queen's University is named after him.[10]
Family
[edit]He was married to Norma and they had four children.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1495. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "Professor Peter Froggatt, who guided Queen's through austerity and the Troubles, dies aged 91". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Your Paintings : Sir Peter Froggatt (b. 1928)". Art UK. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Sir Peter Froggatt". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Sir Peter Froggatt FSS FRCPI FRCP FFOM" (PDF). Irish Medical Journal. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Remembering Sir Peter Froggatt". Queen's University Belfast. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "'Effects of Nicotine on Biological Systems'". Springer. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Sir Peter Froggatt (1928 - 2020): Physician; epidemiologist; university administrator". Ulster Biography. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "A short note in appreciation of Sir Peter Froggatt" (PDF). Ulster College of Music. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Peter Froggatt Centre". Queen's University Belfast. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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