| Authorised form of name | Tait; James Francis (1925 - 2014) |
| Dates | 1925 - 2014 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England |
| Date of birth | 01/12/1925 |
| Date of death | 02/02/2014 |
| Research field | Biomedical science |
| Activity | Education:
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington; First class honours degree in physics, Leeds University (1943-1946) Ph.D in 1948
Career:
Middlesex Hospitakl Medical School 1948-58. Worcestere Foundation for Experimental Biology (WFEB) in Massachusetts, USA, 1938-1970, having been headhunted by George Pincus, inventor of teh contraceptive pill and director of WFEB
Purified and isolated a muilligram of the steroid hormone aldosterone, the major hormone causing salt retention by the body and essentional to life, in 1953 with Sylvia Simpson, later Mrs Tait.
Moved to retirement home in Yorkshire after death of Sylvia in 2003.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1959 |
| Age at election | 33 |
| Relationships | Married to Sylvia Agnes Sophia Tait (nee Simpson) FRS in 1956, first husband and wife team to be elected FRS on the same day |
| Source | NCUACS Catalogue 128/1/04 Papers deposited in Archives and Manuscripts Section, Wellcome Library, London |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/250603075 |
| Code | NA352 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/JGRS/7985 | Tait, James Francis | 1977 |
| EC/1959/22 | Tait, James Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |