| Authorised form of name | Boycott; Brian Blundell (1924 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1924 - 2000 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Croydon, Surrey, England |
| Date of birth | 10/12/1924 |
| Date of death | 22/04/2000 |
| Occupation | Neuroscientist |
| Activity | Education:
Junior and Senior Masonic Schools; Birkbeck College, London, B.Sc. (1942 - 1946)
Career:
Animal-house technician and physiology lab technician, National Institute for Medical Research (1942 - 1946)); Assistant lecturer, Department of Zoology, University College, London (1946-1947); Research assistant to John Z Young, Anatomy Department, University College London and Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy (1947 - 1952); Lecturer in Zoology, University College, London (1952 - 1970); Visiting lecturer, Harvard Medical School (1963); Scientific Medal, Zoological Society of London (1965); Professor (1968); Member, Medical Research Council (MRC) Biophysics Unit, King's College, London (1970-1989); Director, MRC (1980-1989); Honorary Doctorate of The Open University (1988); Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of London (1989); Fellow of the King's College London (1990); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London (1990); Visiting Professor, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College, London (1997)
Memberships:
Fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organization (1974)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1987)
Proctor Medal (jointly with H Wassle) of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (1999) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1971 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1976-1978 |
| Sources | Sources:
"The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography" volume 3, edited by Larry R Squire (2001)
Obituaries:
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 51-68, plate, by H Wassle |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/220153954887805680003 |
| Royal Society code | NA2482 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/GRS/5890 | Boycott, Brian Blundell | ? 1971 |
| EC/1971/03 | Boycott, Brian Blundell: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |