Early Life
Kenneth Calman was born on Christmas Day 1941 to Arthur McIntosh Calman and Grace Douglas Don. He was educated at the independent Allan Glen's School and the University of Glasgow. He began medical training, and took an intercalated BSc in Biochemistry, whilst studying for his MB ChB, the general medical degree. He undertook a PhD in Dermatology and also received an MD.
He became Lecturer in Surgery at the University in 1969, and between 1972-74 was as a clinical research fellow at the Chester Beatty Research Institute in London, funded by the Medical Research Council. In 1974, he was appointed to the Chair of Clinical Oncology, and became Dean of Postgraduate Medicine in 1984.
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