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Authorised form of namePaintal; Autar Singh (1925 - 2004)
Dates1925 - 2004
NationalityIndian
Date of birth24/09/1925
Date of death21/12/2004
ActivityCareer:
Exponent in the field of physiological research and Padma Vibhushan recipient; Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research; first research scientist to be awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Society
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1981
Age at election55
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 251-262, plate, by Ainsley Iggo
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/134847211
CodeNA4638
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1981/30Paintal, Autar Singh: certificate of election to the Royal Society1976
GLB/65/91/13Brown to A S Paintal, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi 26 May 1965
GLB/65/91/12A S Paintal, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi to Brown12 April 1965
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