William Bradshaw Amos


William Bradshaw Amos is a British biologist, Emeritus Scientist at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology. He led a team that developed the mesolens, a microscope with a giant lens.

Education

Amos was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield and graduated from University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966, and from University of Cambridge with a PhD in 1970.

Career and research

Amos was Research Assistant from 1966 to 1967, Research Student from 1967 to 1970, and Research Fellow from 1970 to 1974 at King's College, Cambridge. He taught at the Department of Zoology, Cambridge from 1973 to 1978.

Awards and honours

His awards and honours include: