Name Arnold Burgen Spouse Olga Kennard | Fields Pharmacology | |
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Born 20 March 1922 ( 1922-03-20 ) Institutions McGill University, University of Cambridge Alma mater Middlesex Hospital Medical School People also search for Jurgen Mittelstras, Eric Barnard, Kjell Harnqvist Institution McGill University, University of Cambridge | ||
Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen, FRS (born 20 March 1922) is a retired British physician, pharmacologist, academic and university administrator. He was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge from 1982-89, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Cambridge from 1985–89, and founding President of the Academia Europæa.
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He is married to British crystallographer Olga Kennard.
Education
Burgen attended Christ's College Finchley, a grammar school in Finchley, north London. He was subsequently a student at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School (now part of University College, London) becoming a Doctor of Medicine in 1950.
Career
Honours
Burgen was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1969, and was Knighted in 1976. He became an Honorary Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge in 1989.