Vaughan Robert Southgate (born 13 May 1944) is a

parasitologist Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life. This means it ...

. He was President of the

Linnean Society of London The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature colle ...

between 2009 and 2012, and was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 2007.

Life

Vaughan Robert Southgate was born on 13 May 1944. He was educated at

Bedford Modern School Bedford Modern School (often called BMS) is a Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference independent school in Bedford, England. The school has its origins in The Harpur Trust, born from the endowments left by Sir William Harpur in the six ...

, Aberystwyth University (BSc) and Christ's College, Cambridge (PhD). Southgate worked at the Natural History Museum and was Senior Principal Scientific Officer (Individual Merit), Head of the Biomedical Parasitology Division and Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre and a member of the WHO Expert Committee on parasitic diseases ( schistosomiasis). Southgate carried out field studies on schistosomiasis in many countries in Africa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Mauritius. India, Oman and Jordan and has published 170 articles in learned journals specialising in parasitology and tropical medicine, and chapters in books. Southgate was editor of the Journal of Natural History 1972–83, and was awarded the C A Wright Memorial Medal in 1990 from the British Society. Southgate was President of the

between 2009 and 2012. He has also been a Deputy Lieutenant of

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ...

since 2009 and was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 2007. He was President of the Bedford Camera Club (2008–2010), the London Society of Old Aberystwythians (2012–2014), the Old Bedford Modernians' Club (2013–2014) and the Bedford Millennium Probus Club (2014–2015). He was a founder member of Biggleswade Ivel Rotary Club in 2000, appointed a Paul Harris Fellow in 2009 and became an Honorary member in 2014. Southgate was a Trustee of the John Spedan Lewis Foundation (2001-2019), Chairman of the Trustees of the Friends of Cople Church (2003–2015), and was made Chairman of the Trustees of the Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends in 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southgate, Vaughan Robert 1944 births Living people British parasitologists Officers of the Order of the British Empire Presidents of the Linnean Society of London High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire Deputy Lieutenants of Bedfordshire Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society of Biology Fellows of the Zoological Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine Alumni of Aberystwyth University Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge People educated at Bedford Modern School