Miles Weatherall

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Miles Weatherall
Born1920 (1920)
Died2007 (aged 8687)
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Pharmacologist
Employer London Hospital Medical College

Professor Miles Weatherall (1920-2007) was a British pharmacologist.

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He studied medicine at Oriel College, qualifying in 1943. [1]

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. [2]

He also served as a Medicines Commissioner from 1979 to 1981, [2] as editor of the British Journal of Pharmacology, [3] and was a contributor to New Scientist. [4] and to The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine. [5]

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. [6] They had three children. [1]

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  3. "Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue". Wellcome Library .
  4. Weatherall, Miles (19 July 1962). "A Scientific Approach to University Teaching". New Scientist (296): 149–151.
  5. Lock, Stephen; Last, John M.; Dunea, George (2001). The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine . Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-262950-0.
  6. 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 .