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Authorised form of nameBlack; Sir; James Whyte (1924 - 2010)
Dates1924 - 2010
NationalityBritish
Date of birth14/06/1924
Date of death22/03/2010
OccupationPharmacologist
ActivityEducation:
Medical degree from University of St Andrews (1946).
Career:
Taught at various universities 1946-1956, then joined Imperial Chemical Industries as a senior pharmacologist (1958). Head of biological research at Smith Kline and French Laboratories (1964). Joined Wellcome Reserach Laboratories as Director of Therapeutic Research (1978). Professor of analytical pharmacology at King's College Cambridge (1984) becoming Emeritus (1993). Chancellor of University of Dundee in Scotland (1992-)
Discovered the first beta-blocking drug (1962); Professor of Analytical Pharmacology, King's College Hospital, University of London (1984-1993)
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1988 jointly
Honours:
Kt 1981; OM 2000
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1976
Age at election51
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Mullard Medal 1978; Royal Medal 2004
Lectures:
Philips 1982
SourceAnne Purkiss 'Scientists 1985 - 2010; Portraits of Fellows of the Royal Society' 2010
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/84966931
CodeNA4310
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/GA/RGRS/7944Black, Sir James Whyte1977
EC/1976/05Black, Sir James Whyte: certificate of election to the Royal Society1974
IM/AKP/0006Portrait of Sir James Whyte BlackOctober 1988
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