| Authorised form of name | Burns; Benedict Delisle (1915 - 2001) |
| Dates | 1915 - 2001 |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 22/02/1915 |
| Place of death | Hexham, Northumberland |
| Date of death | 06/09/2001 |
| Research field | Neuroscience |
| Activity | Education:
University College School, Hampstead, London; Tubingen University (1931-1932, Physics and Chemistry); King's College, Cambridge (Natural Sciences, then Medicine)
Career:
University College Hospital, London (qualified 1939); operational research under Solly Zuckerman (FRS 1943) (during World War 2); research on neuromuscular transmission, National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) (1945-1949); Associate Professor, Department of Physiology (1950-1958), then Professor (1958-1967), McGill University, Montreal Canada ; Chairman of Department (1965-1967); Head, Division of Physiology and Pharmacology, NIMR (1967-1976); Honorary Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Anatomy, Bristol University (1977-1980); Visitor, Division of Neurobiology, University of Newcastle (1980-2001)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1968 |
| Age at election | 53 |
| Relationships | Married: 1) (1938) Angela Ricardo, four sons (marriage dissolved); 2) (1954) Monika Kaputis, one daughter (marriage dissolved) |
| Source | Sources:
Obituary: Independent 15 November 2001 |
| Code | NA8359 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| GLB/19/1/54 | B Burns, Victoria Avenue, Westmount, Canada to Brown | 3 February 1960 |
| EC/1968/05 | Burns, Benedict Delisle: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| GLB/65/14/82 | B Delisle Burns, Richmond, Surrey to Brown | 18 October 1963 |
| GLB/65/14/92 | Brown to B Delisle Burns, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill | 21 October 1966 |
| IM/000684 | Burns, Benedict Delisle | nd |
| GLB/65/14/83 | Brown to B Delisle Burns, Richmond, Surrey | 19 October 1963 |
| GLB/65/14/91 | B Delisle Burns, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill to Brown | 21 October 1966 |
| GLB/65/14/88 | B Delisle Burns, Autonomics Division, National Physical Laboratory to Brown | 1 February 1965 |
| GLB/65/14/85 | Brown to B Delisle Burns, Autonomics Division, National Physical Laboratory | 29 October 1963 |
| GLB/65/14/87 | Brown to B Delisle Burns, Autonomics Division, National Physical Laboratory | 29 January 1965 |
| GLB/65/14/79 | Brown to B Delisle Burns, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal | 22 August 1961 |
| GLB/65/14/89 | B Delisle Burns, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal to Brown | 6 May 1966 |
| GLB/65/14/80 | B Delisle Burns, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal to Brown | 5 November 1962 |
| GLB/65/14/86 | B Delisle Burns, Autonomics Division, National Physical Laboratory to Brown | 27 January 1965 |
| GLB/65/14/90 | Brown to B Delisle Burns, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal | 16 May 1966 |
| GLB/65/14/81 | B Delisle Burns, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal to Brown | 15 November 1962 |
| GLB/65/14/84 | B Delisle Burns, Autonomics Division, National Physical Laboratory to Brown | 24 October 1963 |
| RR/71/56 | Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'Fatigue and neuromuscular block in mammalian skeletal muscle' by George Lindor Brown and Benedict Delisle Burns | [1948] |
| GLB/65/14/78 | B Delisle Burns, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal to Brown | 28 July 1961 |
| RR/71/57 | Letter from Archibald Vivian Hill, to Edward Salisbury, regarding a paper 'Fatigue and neuromuscular block in mammalian skeletal muscle' by George Lindor Brown and Benedict Delisle Burns | 30 August 1948 |