Q:Facts: - death date: 09 february 2014 - spouse: brenda -lrb- 1933 - 2013 ; married 1980 , southampton -rrb- stubbington -lrb- d. 1974 -rrb- mary jane mcnaughton - pseudonym: sir graham hills - birth date: 09 april 1926 - children: 4 - name: graham john hills - nationality: english - birth place: southend-on-sea , essex , u.k. - occupation: university principal , physical chemist , educationalist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of graham john hills .
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sir graham hills , frse -lrb- 9 april 1926 -- 9 february 2014 -rrb- was a physical chemist , who was principal of the university of strathclyde and a governor of the bbc .he was born in southend-on-sea , essex and was educated at westcliff high school for boys and birkbeck college , london -lrb- bsc 1946 , phd 1950 -rrb- .he was knighted in 1988 for his services to education .