Michael Swann

The Right Honourable

The Lord Swann

FRS FRSE
The Right Honourable; The Lord Swann; FRS FRSE
	Swann in 1987
Born	Michael Meredith Swann; 1 March 1920
Died	2 September 1990 (aged 70)
Nationality	British
Education	Winchester College; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge;
Known for	The mechanisms of cell division and fertilisation
Spouse	Tess Gleadowe (m. 1942)
Children	4
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Edinburgh;

Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann, FRS FRSE (1 March 1920 – 22 September 1990) was a British molecular and cell biologist. He was appointed chairman of the BBC, awarded a knighthood and subsequently a life peerage.

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