- Born
- January 17, 1936
- Died
- October 18, 2019 (aged 83)
- Known as
- diplomat
Sir John Dixon Iklé Boyd was a British ambassador and academic administrator. He was British ambassador to Japan from 1992 to 1996, and subsequently the Master of Churchill College, Cambridge from 1996 to 2006.
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