Richard Tedder is an English virologist and microbiologist, was head of the Department of Virology at the University College London Medical School, and worked as virologist at Public Health England The youngest son of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, Richard Tedder was born 1946 and educated at Dauntsey's School, Glenalmond College, the University of Cambridge and the Middlesex Hospital.
He was appointed a senior lecturer at University College London Medical School in 1981, head of the Division of Virology there in 1982, continuing to 1995, in 1991 being appointed a professor of medical virology.
[2] In 2001, Tedder wrote to Sir Brian Follett, who chaired 'The Royal Society Inquiry into Infectious Diseases in Livestock'; the Inquiry produced a report examining the scientific aspects of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis, such as the efficacy of vaccinations and the way the virus spreads.
Tedder wrote that "it came as something of a surprise" to him that Follett had not involved any virologists in his work.
He is a consultant virologist to the National Blood Service and a member of several Department of Health, Royal College of Pathologists and SHA working parties and groups in the fields of virology and pathology.