Dr. David Tyrrell CBE, FRS (1925–2005) was a British virologist.
Born David Arthr John Tyrrell on 19 June 1925, he studied medicine at the University of Sheffield, then worked at the Medical Research Council's Common Cold Unit from 1957, becoming its Director from 1982. He retired from there in 1990. but subsequently did research at the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research at Porton Down, where he laso woked on his work on his scientific autobiography, "Cold Wars".
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1970, and was made a Commander of the Order of British Empire (CBE) in 1980. He held honorary degrees from the University of Sheffield (1979) and the University of Southampton (1990), and received the Stewart Prize (1977), the Ambuj Nath Bose prize (1983), and the Conway Evans Prize (1986}.
He died on 2 May 2005.