| Authorised form of name | Cowan; William Maxwell (1931 - 2002) |
| Dates | 1931 - 2002 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Date of birth | 27/09/1931 |
| Date of death | 30/06/2002 |
| Activity | Career:
Doctorate at Oxford under W LeGros Clark (from 1953); moved to University of Wisconsin (1966); moved to Department if Anatomy at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis; editor of Jounal of Comparative Neurology (from 1969); moved to Salk Institute (1980), vice-president (1982-1986); inaugural editor of the Journal of Neuroscience (from 1982); appointed to Medical Advisory Board of HHMI (1984); Vice president and chief scientific officer of HHMI (from 1988)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1982 |
| Age at election | 50 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society Vol 54, 2008, pp 117-136 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/30144814339317418373 |
| Code | NA4026 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000967 | Cowan, William Maxwell | nd |
| EC/1982/10 | Cowan, William Maxwell: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1980 |