Arnold Burgen

Sir Arnold Burgen
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Born	(1922-03-20)20 March 1922
Fields	Pharmacology
Institutions	McGill University, University of Cambridge
Alma mater	Middlesex Hospital Medical School
Spouse	Olga Kennard

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.

Education

• Christ's College Finchley
• Student, Middlesex Hospital Medical School (now part of University College, London) (UCL) 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 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

Honours

Fellow of the Royal Society, 1964; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1969; Knight, 1976.

References

Academic offices
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