Background
Burns, Benedict Delisle was born on February 22, 1915 in London. Son of Cecil DeLisle and Margaret (Hannay) Burns.
Burns, Benedict Delisle was born on February 22, 1915 in London. Son of Cecil DeLisle and Margaret (Hannay) Burns.
University College School, London. Tubingen and Cambridge Universities and llniv. College Hospital, London.
Professor, of Physiology, McGill University, Canada 1950-1958, Professor 1958-1966, Chairman Department, of Physiology 1965-1966. Head, Division of Physiology and Pharmacology, MRC National Institute of Medical Research 1966-1976. External staff of MRC, Department, of Anatomy, University of Bristol 1976-1980, Honorary Professor, of Neurobiology' 1976-1980.
Now Visitor, Division of Neurobiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Author: The Mammalian Cerebral Cortex, 1958, The Uncertain Nervous System, 1968. Contributor articles to scientific publications.
Fellow Royal Society London. Member International Brain Research Organization, Physiological Society, Experimental Psychology Society.
Painting, walking, house decoration.
Married 1st Angela Ricardo in 1938, 2nd Monika Kasputis in 1954.