| Richard Batchelor | |
| Honorific Suffix: | FRCPath, FRCP |
| Birth Name: | John Richard Batchelor |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Woking, Surrey, England |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Immunologist |
| Employer: | Royal Postgraduate Medical School |
| Known For: | Transplant immunology |
John Richard Batchelor FRCPath, FRCP (4 October 1931 – 21 December 2015), known as Richard, was a British immunologist, specialising in transplant immunology.[1] [2]
Batchelor was born in Woking, Surrey, on 4 October 1931 to Esme (née Cornwall) and Basil Batchelor, and was raised in Madras, India.[3] He was educated at Marlborough College and obtained his medical qualifications from the University of Cambridge.
He was Professor of Immunology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, from 1979 to 1994; and afterwards Professor Emeritus.
He died on 21 December 2015.