Arnold Burgen
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Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS
(born 20 March 1922) was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
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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, 1964; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
, 1969; Knight, 1976.
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
(born 20 March 1922) was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin...
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
Olga Kennard
Olga Kennard, née Weisz is a British crystallographer, and was Director of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre from 1965 to 1997.She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987 and awarded the OBE in 1988...
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Education
- Christ's College FinchleyChrist's College FinchleyChrist's College is a state comprehensive secondary school in East Finchley, London, United Kingdom. It falls under the London Borough of Barnet Local Education Authority. It is a boys' school up to and including Year 11, and the sixth form is mixed, admitting up to 25% girls. The school presently...
- Student, Middlesex HospitalMiddlesex HospitalThe Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, United Kingdom. First opened in 1745 on Windmill Street, it was moved in 1757 to Mortimer Street where it remained until it was finally closed in 2005. Its staff and services were transferred to various sites...
Medical School, 1939–45; MB BS 1945, MD 1950.
Career
- House Physician, Middlesex Hospital, 1945; Demonstrator, 1945–48, Asst Lectr, 1948–49, in Pharmacology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School.
- Professor of Physiology, McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, 1949–62; Deputy Director, University Clinic, Montreal General Hospital, 1957-62. - Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, 1962–71; Fellow of Downing College, CambridgeDowning College, CambridgeDowning College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
, 1962–71, Hon. Fellow 1972 - Director, National Institute for Medical Research, 1971-82.
Honours
Fellow of the Royal SocietyRoyal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
, 1964; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
, 1969; Knight, 1976.