Henry McILWAIN

Background

McILWAIN, Henry was born on December 20, 1912 in Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of John Mcllwain and Louisa Widdowson.

Education

King"s College, Durham University and Queen"s College, Oxford.

Career

Lecturer and Reader in Biochemistry, London University 1948-1955, Professor Institute of Psychiatry 1955-1980. Honorary degree (University d’Aix-Marseilles) 1974. Visiting Professor Saint Thomas’s Hospital Medical School 1980-1986.

Historian Institute Society for Neurochem. since 1986.

Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Pharmacology Department, Birmingham University since 1987.

Interests

• Contemporary arts, history.

Connections

Married 1st Valerie Durston in 1940 (deceased in 1977). Married 2nd Marjorie Crennell in 1979.

Father:

John Mcllwain

Mother:

Louisa Widdowson

Spouse:

Valerie Durston

Spouse:

Marjorie Crennell