Background
WILKIE, Douglas was born on October 2, 1922 in London. Son of Robert M. Wilkie and Lilian Creed.
WILKIE, Douglas was born on October 2, 1922 in London. Son of Robert M. Wilkie and Lilian Creed.
Bee School, University College London and University College Hospital.
Lecturer Department, of Physiology University College, London 1945, Locke Research Fellow (Royal Society) 1951-1954, Reader in Experimental Physiology 1954-1965, Professor, of Experimental Physiology 196569, Jodrell Research Professor, and Head Physiology Department 1969-1979, Jodrell Research Professor, of Physiology 1979-1988, Professor Emeritus since 1988. Institute of Aviation Medicine, Famborough 1948-1950, later Researcher, Physiological Consultant. Fellow University College London.
Lifelong research into mechanism by which muscles convert chemical energy into mechanical work.
Married Doctor June Hill in 1948 (divorced in 1982).