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UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS The following will become professors from August 1: Ian Wood, senior lecturer, will become professor of early medieval history; Robert Knipe, reader in structural geology; Robert Raiswell, reader in sedimentary geochemistry; Bruce Yardley, reader in metamorphic geochemistry; Mark Boyett, reader in physiology; Clive Orchard, reader in physiology;

Anthony Axon, honorary senior clinical lecturer, will become honorary professor of gastroenterology; Ralph Kester, honorary senior clinical lecturer, honorary professor of vascular surgery; Michael McMahon, reader in surgery.

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Karen Evans, professor in the department of educational studies; Chris Flockton, director, professor of European economic studies; Mojtaba Ghadiri, reader, professor of particle technology; Eoin O'Reilly, senior lecturer, professor of physics; Graham Webb, reader, professor of chemistry.