What was the man whom Dr. Diarmuid Whelan wrote his doctoral thesis on?
Diarmuid Whelan Dr. Diarmuid Whelan (11 August 1971 – 1 June 2010) was an Irish academic in the history department of UCC. Born in Cork, he studied at Christian Brothers College, Cork and UCC. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Conor Cruise O'Brien.
Edward Provan Cathcart Edward Provan Cathcart CBE FRS FRSE (18 July 1877 – 18 February 1954) was a Scottish physician and physiologist of international fame. The Cathcart Chair in Biochemistry at Glasgow University is named after him. Together with John Boyd Orr he published influential papers on protein metabolism in man. He is also remembered as Chairman of the Scottish Health Board Committee 1933-1936 . The Cathcart Committee (named after him) was critical to the Scottish input to the foundation of the National Health Service after the Second World War. His obituary described his as a "life well spent in the service of mankind".