Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS (20 March 1922 – 26 May 2022) was a British physician, pharmacologist, academic and university administrator. He was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge,[1] from 1982–89, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Cambridge from 1985–89, and founding President of the Academia Europæa.

Arnold Burgen
Born
Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen

(1922-03-20)20 March 1922
Clapton, London, England
Died26 May 2022(2022-05-26) (aged 100)
Alma materMiddlesex Hospital Medical School
SpouseOlga Kennard
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology
InstitutionsMcGill University
University of Cambridge
Notable students

Early life

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Burgen was born in Clapton, East London. He attended Christ's College Finchley, a grammar school in Finchley, north London. He was subsequently a student at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School beginning in 1945; (now part of University College, London) before going on to become a Doctor of Medicine in 1950.[2]

Career

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Personal life

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Burgen was married to British crystallographer Olga Kennard. He died on 26 May 2022, at the age of 100.[3]

Honours

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Burgen was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964,[4] Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1969, and was knighted in the 1976 New Year Honours. Burgen was elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States in 1987.[5] He became an Honorary Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge, in 1989. He was founding President and praesis perpetua honoris causa of Academia Europaea.

References

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  1. ^ "Europe unites its scholars of science". New Scientist. 119 (1631). Reed Business Information: 26. 22 September 1988. ISSN 0262-4079. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Arnold Burgen: Physiologist and pharmacologist". Jewish Lives Project. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Sir Arnold Burgen". Darwin College. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Arnold Burgen". The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Arnold Burgen". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019.
Academic offices
Preceded by Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, Cambridge University
1962 - 1971
Succeeded by
Preceded by Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
1982 - 1989
Succeeded by