Sir Cyril Chantler was born on 12 May 1939 and is a British paediatric nephrologist.
12 Facts About Cyril Chantler
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Cyril Chantler was most notable for holding an independent review of public health evidence for standardised tobacco packaging that later became known as the Cyril Chantler Review that led to standardised packaging for tobacco and cigarette packets.
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Cyril Chantler was educated at Wrekin College between 1952 and 1957.
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From 1971 to 1972, Cyril Chantler spent a year working at Institute of Child Health at Great Ormond Street, working in the department of Immunology run by John Soothill.
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In 1972, Cyril Chantler was appointed to a position at Guy's Hospital, before working for a year in the US, working with Paediatric Nephrologist Malcolm Holliday, at the University of California, San Francisco studying growth in rats with chronic renal failure, before returning in 1973 to continue working at Guys under Stewart Cameron.
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From 1985 to 1988, Cyril Chantler was the General Manager of Guy's Hospital.
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From 1992 to 1998, Cyril Chantler was the principal of the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals.
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From 1997 to 2000, Cyril Chantler was the pro-vice chancellor of the University of London.
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From 2001 to 2008, Cyril Chantler was Chairman of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.
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On 28 November 2013, Cyril Chantler was asked by Jane Ellison, the British Conservative Party politician, if he would be willing to review cigarette packaging and to undertake an independent review to determine whether standardised packaging would be beneficial to the public good.
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Cyril Chantler stated of the report, that he was persuaded that branded packaging plays an important role in encouraging young people to smoke, and that he was not convinced by the tobacco industries response that plain cigarette packages would increase smoking uptake.
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Cyril Chantler was knighted in 1996 and was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for "services to leadership in healthcare".