Sheild Professor of Pharmacology
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The Sheild Professorship of Pharmacology was originally established by grace of 7 June 1946 as a personal chair for the tenure of Ernest Basil Verney. By grace of 11 March 1961 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis.
The professorship is named in honour of Marmaduke Sheild
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The professorship is named in honour of Marmaduke Sheild
Marmaduke Sheild
Arthur Marmaduke Sheild was a surgeon, whose career was curtailed by a self inflicted accident while operating, and a benefactor of Cambridge University, which named its chair in pharmacology in his honour.-Education:...
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List of Sheild Professors of Pharmacology
- 1946–1962 Ernest Basil VerneyErnest Basil VerneyErnest Basil Verney FRS was a British pharmacologist. He attended Tonbridge School. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1936.-References:...
- 1962–1971 Arnold Stanley Vincent BurgenArnold BurgenSir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge 1982-89 , Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University, 1985–89, and founding President of the Academia Europæa....
- 1973–1978 Gustav Victor Rudolf BornGustav Victor Rudolf BornGustav Victor Rudolf Born is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at King's College London and Research Professor at the William Harvey Research Institute, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College....
- 1979–1999 Alan William Cuthbert
- 1999 Peter Anthony McNaughton