| Miles Weatherall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920 (1920) |
| Died | 2007 (aged 86–87) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Pharmacologist |
| Employer | London Hospital Medical College |
Professor Miles Weatherall (1920-2007) was a British pharmacologist.
He studied medicine at Oriel College, qualifying in 1943.
He was Professor of Pharmacology at London Hospital Medical College, University of London (1958 to 1966), and subsequently Professor Emeritus; Head of Therapeutics Research Division and a director of the Wellcome Research Laboratories, from 1967 to 1975.
He also served as a Medicines Commissioner from 1979 to 1981, as editor of the British Journal of Pharmacology, and was a contributor to New Scientist. and to The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine.
He was married to the former Josephine Ogston, who collaborated with him, and also conducted research on fetal physiology, medical statistics and health services research, becoming a founding member and project leader for international initiatives. They had three children.
Works
- Hanley, T.; Udall, V.; Weatherall, M. (197). "An industrial view of current practice in predicting drug toxicity". British Medical Bulletin. 26 (3): 203–207. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a070783. PMID 4924386.
References
- ^ Waters, Estlin (16 June 2007). "Miles Weatherall". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 334 (7606): 1278.1–1278. doi:10.1136/bmj.39241.578160.BE. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1892486.
- ^ Tilli Tansey; Pippa Catterall; Sonia V Willhoft; Daphne Christie; Lois Reynolds, eds. (1997). Technology Transfer in Britain: The Case of Monoclonal Antibodies; Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity; Endogenous Opiates; The Committee on Safety of Drugs. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-1-869835-79-8. OL 9320034M. Wikidata Q29581528.
- "Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue". Wellcome Library .
- Weatherall, Miles (19 July 1962). "A Scientific Approach to University Teaching". New Scientist (296): 149–151.
- Lock, Stephen; Last, John M.; Dunea, George (2001). The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-262950-0.
- Mugford, Miranda; Macfarlane, Alison (16 June 2007). "Josephine Alice Coreen Weatherall (nee Ogston)". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 334 (7606): 1278. doi:10.1136/bmj.39241.530116.BE. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1892452.
External links
- Miles Weatherall on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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