Person Vane; Sir; John Robert (1927 - 2004) Vane John Robert Sir 1927 - 2004 British Male Tardebigg, Worcestershire, England 29/03/1927 19270329 Farnborough, Kent 19/11/2004 20041119

Pharmacologist 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 Grandson of Russian immigrants; married (1948) Elizabeth Daphne Page Royal Society roles: Council: 1985-1987; VP 1985-1987 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1989 Lectures: Croonian 1993 Fellow 21/03/1974 46 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 29 Mar 1927 - 19 Nov 2004 NA585 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/110349841 4999f390-5e0e-414e-8f80-78f51b1d9fb2