HB 088
Papers of John Mark Anthony Lenihan, British clinical physicist, 1918-1993
1929-1993
2 metres
NHS Greater Glasgow Archive
John Mark Anthony Lenihan (British clinical physicist : 1918-1993 : Glasgow, Scotland)
English
John Mark Anthony Lenihan was born in Carlisle, England in 1918. He was educated at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England and at the University of Glasgow, Scotland graduating BSc in 1938; MSc in 1941, and PhD in 1949. He worked as a demonstrator at Armstrong College between 1938-1945 and lectured at the University of Glasgow from 1945-1948. He began work as a physicist at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow in 1948 before leaving in 1953 to become Director of Western Regional Hospital Board's Clinical Physics Department
[later
Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-engineering
], a post he held until 1983. During his time there, he was a pioneer in the application of neutron activation analysis. Other posts held by Lenihan included the Chair of the Joint Committee for National Certificates in Applied Physics and later the Scottish Technical Education Council. Lenihan was also the science correspondent for the
Glasgow Herald. He died in Glasgow in 1993.
- Autobiographical materials, including curriculum vitae 1929-1992
- Professor Lenihan's own publications, including newspaper columns, with related reviews and correspondence 1940-1993
- Notes for lectures by Professor Lenihan, including as Visiting Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Irvine, plus related teaching materials 1958-1992
- Files re Department of Nursing Studies in Glasgow University 1975-1989
- Files re biographical studies of historical figures, including Professor Ian Donald 1955-1993
- Subject files, general 1949-1993
- Report of committee of enquiry into environmental contamination and morbidity in Bonnybridge and Denny, Falkirk, Scotland, with evidence and other related papers 1984-1989
The material is arranged into series as described in the scope and content. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.
Records held by Professor Lenihan and his family prior to transfer
Family member
This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 812 procedures
None expected
Open, but restrictions apply to some confidential items and a 30 year closure applies to the Bonnybridge morbidity enquiry papers
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the GGHB Archivist
Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents
No known copies
Manual file level list available in searchroom.
GB 812 HB 070 Records of Western Regional Hospital Board Regional Physics Department
Lenihan, John,
Human engineering: body re-examined
(London, 1974)
Compiled by Alistair Tough, GGHB Archivist, 27 July 1998
Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 21 December 2001
Environmental health
Medical education
Medical history
Medical sciences
Physics
Lenihan
John Mark Anthony
1918-1993
British clinical physicist
University of California, Irvine
Glasgow (Scotland)
Bonnybridge (Scotland)
Denny (Scotland)