Arnold Burgen

Sir Arnold Burgen FRS
Born	Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen (1922-03-20)20 March 1922 Clapton, London, England
Died	26 May 2022(2022-05-26) (aged 100)
Alma mater	Middlesex Hospital Medical School
Spouse	Olga Kennard
Scientific career
Fields	Pharmacology
Institutions	McGill University University of Cambridge
Notable students	Leslie Iversen FRS G. Marius Clore FRS

Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS (20 March 1922 – 26 May 2022) was a British physician, pharmacologist, academic and university administrator. He was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge,[1] from 1982–89, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Cambridge from 1985–89, and founding President of the Academia Europæa.

Early life

Burgen was born in Clapton, East London. He attended Christ's College Finchley, a grammar school in Finchley, north London. He was subsequently a student at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School beginning in 1945; (now part of University College, London) before going on to become a Doctor of Medicine in 1950.[2]

Career

• House Physician, Middlesex Hospital, 1945; Demonstrator, 1945–48, Asst Lectr, 1948–49, in Pharmacology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School.
• Professor of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, 1949–62; Deputy Director, University Clinic, Montreal General Hospital, 1957-62.
• Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, 1962–71; Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, 1962–71, Hon. Fellow 1972
• Director, National Institute for Medical Research, 1971-82.
• President, the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 1972–75

Personal life

Burgen was married to British crystallographer Olga Kennard. He died on 26 May 2022, at the age of 100.[3]

Honours

Burgen was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964,[4] Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1969, and was knighted in the 1976 New Year Honours. Burgen was elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States in 1987.[5] He became an Honorary Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge, in 1989. He was founding President and praesis perpetua honoris causa of Academia Europaea.

References

1. "Europe unites its scholars of science". New Scientist. 119 (1631). Reed Business Information: 26. 22 September 1988. ISSN 0262-4079. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
2. "Arnold Burgen: Physiologist and pharmacologist". Jewish Lives Project. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
3. "Sir Arnold Burgen". Darwin College. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
4. "Arnold Burgen". The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.
5. "Arnold Burgen". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019.

Academic offices
Preceded by Ernest Basil Verney	Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, Cambridge University 1962 - 1971	Succeeded by Gustav Victor Rudolf Born
Preceded by Moses Finley	Master of Darwin College, Cambridge 1982 - 1989	Succeeded by G. E. R. Lloyd