| Authorised form of name | Merton; Patrick Anthony (1920 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1920 - 2000 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 08/10/1920 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |
| Date of death | 13/06/2000 |
| Occupation | Physiologist |
| Research field | Neurophysiology |
| Activity | Education:
Beaumont; Trinity College Cambridge; St Thomas' Hospital, London (graduated 1946)
Career:
MRC Neurological Research Unit, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square (1951); laboratory of Ragnar Granit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (1952-1954); Lecturer in Physiology, Cambridge University (1957-1977); Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge (1962-2000); Reader, Cambridge (1977-1984); Professor of Human Physiology (1984-1988)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1979 |
| Age at election | 58 |
| Relationships | Married (1951) Gabriel Howe; four children |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 189-201, plate, by John Rothwell and Ian Glynn |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/212145003315261301023 |
| Code | NA4592 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1979/25 | Merton, Patrick Anthony: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1976 |