| Authorised form of name | Vane; Sir; John Robert (1927 - 2004) |
| Dates | 1927 - 2004 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Tardebigg, Worcestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 29/03/1927 |
| Place of death | Farnborough, Kent |
| Date of death | 19/11/2004 |
| Occupation | Pharmacologist |
| Activity | Education:
King Edward VI School, Edgbaston; Birmingham University; BSc in Pharmacology, St Catherine's College, Oxford University with Harold Burn (1946); DPhil, St Catherine's College and Nuffield Institute for Medical Research, Oxford University as Stothert Research Fellow of the Royal Society (1951-1953)
Career:
Pharmacology Lecturer, Sheffield University (after BSc and before returning to Oxford to work for DPhil; Instructor, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University (1953-1955); Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons, London University (1955-1961), Reader (1961-1965), Professor of Experimental Pharmacology (1966-1973); Research and Development Director, Wellcome Foundation (1973-1985); Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (1977); founder Director, William Harvey Research Institute, St Bartholomew's Hospital (1986-1990), Director General (1990-1997), Honorary President (1997-2004); Professor of Pharmacology, New York Medical College (1986-2004); visiting Professor, King's College, London (1976), Harvard University (1979) and St Marianna University, Japan (1993); General Secretary of the British Pharmacological Society (1970-1973); founded pharmaceutical company Vanguard Medica Ltd with a colleague (1991); awarded Polish Order of Merit (2003)
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1982 jointly
Honours:
Kt 1984 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1974 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1985-1987; VP 1985-1987
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1989
Lectures:
Croonian 1993 |
| Relationships | Grandson of Russian immigrants; married (1948) Elizabeth Daphne Page |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 401-411, plate, by Salvador Moncada
Obituaries in Daily Telegraph (22 November 2004), Independent (24 November 2004), Guardian (25 November 2004), Times (25 November 2004)
References:
R Kohn, 'The pharmacological basis of the Kohn Foundation: lecture to commemorate the presentation of Dr Ralph Kohn FRS at the New Fellows' Seminar 2006' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 239-245 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/110349841 |
| Code | NA585 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004708 | Vane, Sir John Robert | nd |
| JV/3/15 | 'C 1973 onwards' (miscellaneous correspondence) | c.1973 |
| JV/10 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, J. | |
| GLB/65/104/3 | John Vane, Department of Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons of England to Brown | 4 April 1967 |
| GLB/19/1/18 | John Vane, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Department of Pharmacology to Brown | 1 February 1960 |
| GLB/65/104/2 | John Vane, Department of Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons of England to Brown | 30 March 1967 |
| JV/15 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, O. | |
| IM/GA/CCM/4753 | Vane, Sir John Robert | 1974 |
| S/0033 | Sculpture bust of Vane, Sir John Robert | |
| JV/4 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, D. | |
| JV/17 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, Q. | |
| JV/5 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, E. | |
| JV/3/15/3 | Letter from Mr Peter Cole to Sir John Vane | 7 December 1989 |
| JHG/9/23/1 | Letter from JR Vane | 21 September 1962 |
| JV/7 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, G. | |
| JV/6 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, F. | |
| JV/20 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, T. | 1964-2001 |
| JV/1 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, A. | |
| JV/11 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, K. | |
| JV/22 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, V. | 1969-2002 |
| JV/13 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, M. | |
| JV/3/15/10 | Correspondence between Dr Xiu Chen and Sir John Vane | 30 June 1983 - 4 July 1984 |
| JV/25 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, Z. | |
| JV/16 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, P. | 1954-2001 |
| JV/18 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, R. | |
| JV/8 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, H. | |
| JV/12 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, L. | |
| JV/2 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, B. | 1952-2003 |
| JV/9 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, I. | 1989-2003 |
| IM/004707 | Vane, Sir John Robert | nd |
| IM/GA/JGRS/4753 | Vane, Sir John Robert | 1974 |
| GLB/65/104/1 | John Vane, Department of Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons of England to Brown | 17 September 1962 |
| JV/14 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, N. | |
| JV/16/17/30 | Correspondence between Professor William Prusoff and Sir John Vane | 6 August 1998 - 4 January 2000 |
| EC/1974/29 | Vane, John Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| JV | Collected papers of Sir John Robert Vane | 1952-2004 |
| JV/3 | Correspondence with John Vane organised by name of individual correspondent or organisation, C. | 1952-2003 |