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James Learmonth Gowans

British immunologist (1924-2020) · United Kingdom · Doctors · Died at 95

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Sir James Learmonth "Jim" Gowans was a British physician and immunologist. In 1945, while studying medicine at King's College Hospital, he assisted at the liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a voluntary medical student.

A life in dates

2020Died1 April 20201998Fellow of the Academy of Medical SciencesAward1987Harveian OrationAward1980Wolf Prize in MedicineAward1979Feldberg Foundation PrizeAward1976Royal MedalAward1968Canada Gairdner International AwardAward1963Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1924Born7 May 1924

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Awards

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences1998
Harveian Oration1987
Wolf Prize in Medicine1980
Feldberg Foundation Prize1979
Royal Medal1976
Canada Gairdner International Award1968
Fellow of the Royal Society1963
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
Knight Bachelor

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2020 · aged 95

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