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27: 612: 192:. As Professor of Medical Oncology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, he contributed a great deal to the chemotherapy and immunology of malignant disease, and, in particular, to the treatment of the malignant reticuloses. 607: 617: 219:, on 23 October 1975 whilst walking his dog. The bomb, placed under a car outside the Fraser family home, was intended for Sir Hugh Fraser. Fraser, a long time friend of the 268:
which reads: "Gordon Hamilton-Fairley DM FRCP, first professor of medical oncology, 1930-75. Killed by a terrorist bomb. It matters not how a man dies but how he lives".
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and being implicated in the deaths of eight people, including Fairley. Keenan was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment after being found guilty on 25 June 1980.
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Fairley was married with four children, the youngest of whom was 12 years old when he died. Fairley had been offered an appointment as
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In 1982 his widow, Daphne, who was a speech and language therapist, established a specialist therapy school,
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awards an annual medal and prize for a contribution to cancer research, named in honour of Fairley.
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in London in June 1980 accused of organising the IRA's bombing campaign in
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In 1968, he became director of the Clinical Research Unit at the
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The Road to Balcombe Street: The IRA Reign of Terror in London
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Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital
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Political Trials in History: From Antiquity to the Present
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The son of a research worker in tropical diseases, Sir
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People killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
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The 45-year-old Fairley was killed by an IRA bomb in
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