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Arnold Burgen
British academic (1922-2022) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 100
Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS was a British physician, pharmacologist, academic, and university administrator.
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Considered a founder and important contributor to the development of molecular pharmacology, Burgen was a Professor of Physiology at McGill University from 1949 to 1962 and Sheild Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge from 1962 to 1971. Throughout his career, Burgen held a variety of positions of leadership in both academia and the medical establishment. In 1988, he became the founding President of the Academia Europaea.
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