Arnold Burgen
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Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS (born 20 March 1922) was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge[1] 1982-89 (Hon. Fellow, 1989), Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University, 1985–89, and founding President of the Academia Europæa.
He is married to Olga Kennard.
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[edit] Education
- Christ's College Finchley
- Student, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, 1939–45; MB BS 1945, MD 1950.
[edit] Career
- House Physician, Middlesex Hospital, 1945; Demonstrator, 1945–48, Asst Lectr, 1948–49, in Pharmacology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School.
- Professor of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, 1949–62; Deputy Director, University Clinic, Montreal General Hospital, 1957-62.
- Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, 1962–71; Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, 1962–71, Hon. Fellow 1972
- Director, National Institute for Medical Research, 1971-82.
- President, the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 1972-75
[edit] Honours
Fellow of the Royal Society, 1964; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1969; Knight, 1976.
[edit] References
- ^ "Europe unites its scholars of science". New Scientist (Reed Business Information) 119 (1631): 26. 22 September 1988. ISSN 0262-4079. http://books.google.com/books?id=SpaG8-ubncoC&pg=PA26&dq=arnold+burgen+darwin&hl=en&ei=JS5cTeG2JJOisAPv5Y2CAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=arnold%20burgen%20darwin&f=false. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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| Preceded by Ernest Basil Verney |
Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, Cambridge University 1962 - 1971 |
Succeeded by Gustav Victor Rudolf Born |
| Preceded by Moses Finley |
Master of Darwin College, Cambridge 1982 - 1989 |
Succeeded by G. E. R. Lloyd |
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