Mary Doreen Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion. She studied chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford, and physical chemistry at Imperial College London, before becoming a lecturer in Cambridge University. From 1988 to 2000 she was Chairwoman of the National Energy Foundation, which promotes renewable energy, and is now its president . In 2002 she was appointed Chairwoman of Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge.

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  • Mary Doreen Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion. She studied chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford, and physical chemistry at Imperial College London, before becoming a lecturer in Cambridge University. From 1988 to 2000 she was Chairwoman of the National Energy Foundation, which promotes renewable energy, and is now its president . In 2002 she was appointed Chairwoman of Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge. In 2002 she received the Melchett Medal on Realistic opportunities for renewables: innovative technology Mary Archer is better known to the general public as the wife of the novelist and former politician Jeffrey Archer, whom she married in 1966. When he was granted a life peerage in 1992, she gained the title Lady Archer of Weston-super-Mare. In 1987 she gave evidence at the High Court in a libel case brought by her husband against the Daily Star newspaper. During his summing up at the end of the trial, Judge Bernie Caulfield infamously asked: "Has she elegance? Has she fragrance? Would she have, without the strain of this trial, radiance?" In 2001, when Jeffrey Archer was accused of perjury in the earlier trial, she appeared at the Old Bailey to defend him. Jeffrey Archer was subsequently convicted and imprisoned for perjury. She is reported to have once said, "Jeffrey has a gift for inaccurate precis". In 1994, Archer was a non-executive director of Anglia Television at a time when it was the target of a takeover bid. Following reports from the London Stock Exchange, the Department of Trade and Industry appointed inspectors on 8 February 1994 to investigate possible insider dealing contraventions by certain individuals, including her husband. No charges were brought. She and Jeffrey have two children, William and James. She lives in the Old Vicarage, Grantchester, near Cambridge, the former home immortalised by Rupert Brooke in a poem of that title. She is a patron of the Rupert Brooke Society and also serves as President of the Guild of Church Musicians.
  • Mary Doreen Archer, Baronne Archer of Weston-super-Mare est une physicienne britannique, spécialiste de l'utilisation de l'énergie solaire. Elle étudia la chimie à St Anne's College (en) puis la chimie physique à l'Imperial College London, avant de devenir maître-assistante à la Cambridge University. De 1988 à 2000 elle fut « Chairwoman » (directrice générale) de la National Energy Foundation (NEF), une institution promouvant l'énergie renouvelable. Elle en est actuellement la présidente. En 2002 elle fut nommée « Chairwoman » du fonds Addenbrooke pour la NHS à Cambridge. Cette même année 2002 elle reçut la Melchett Medal, et à cette occasion fit un discours intitulé « Débouchés vraisemblables pour les [énergies] renouvelables : les technologies innovantes ». Mary Archer est surtout connue dans le grand public comme la femme du romancier et politicien Jeffrey Archer, qu'elle épousa en 1966. En 1992 elle fut élevée au rang de pair non héréditaire (en), et à cette occasion se vit attribuer le titre de Lady Archer of Weston-super-Mare. En 1994, Mary Archer fut nommée Non-executive director de Anglia Television (en) à un moment où cette société fut la cible d'une offre publique d'achat. À partir de rapports du London Stock Exchange, le ministère du commerce et de l'industrie britannique nomma, le 8 février 1994, des enquêteurs chargés de découvrir de possibles délits d'initiés commis par certaines personnes, parmi lesquelles son mari. Il n'y eut pas de poursuites. Mary et Jeffrey Archer ont eu deux enfants, William et James. Elle habite actuellement à la pension Old Vicarage de Grantchester, près de Cambridge, l'ancienne maison immortalisée par Rupert Brooke dans un poème de ce nom. Elle préside la Rupert Brooke Society. Mary Archer officie aussi en tant que présidente de la Guild of Church Musicians (Corporation des musiciens d'églises).
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  • Mary Doreen Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion. She studied chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford, and physical chemistry at Imperial College London, before becoming a lecturer in Cambridge University. From 1988 to 2000 she was Chairwoman of the National Energy Foundation, which promotes renewable energy, and is now its president . In 2002 she was appointed Chairwoman of Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge.
  • Mary Doreen Archer, Baronne Archer of Weston-super-Mare est une physicienne britannique, spécialiste de l'utilisation de l'énergie solaire. Elle étudia la chimie à St Anne's College (en) puis la chimie physique à l'Imperial College London, avant de devenir maître-assistante à la Cambridge University. De 1988 à 2000 elle fut « Chairwoman » (directrice générale) de la National Energy Foundation (NEF), une institution promouvant l'énergie renouvelable.
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