David Weatherall was a researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine. He was Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford from 1992 to 2000. He was also Honorary Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford, Honorary Director of the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit and Honorary Consultant Physician to the Oxford District Health Authority until his retirement in 2000. He is now Chancellor of Keele University. Regius Professorships are Royal Professorships at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, University of Glasgow and Edinburgh. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Various governments have a Chancellor who serves as some form of junior or senior minister. ... Keele University is a research-intensive campus university located near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England between Manchester and Birmingham. ...