Patrick Paul Humphrey

Background

Humphrey, Patrick Paul was born on January 28, 1946 in Pietersburg, South Africa. Son of Gordon William and Judith Suzanne (LeRoux) Humphrey.

Education

B Pharmacy with honors, U. London, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, U. London, 1972.

Career

Lecturer physiology department, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1971-1972; research leader department pharmacology, Allen and Hanbury, Ware, England, 1972-1980; head department pharmacology, Glaxo Group Research Ltd., Ware, 1980-1983; director division pharmacology, Glaxo Group Research Ltd., Ware, 1983-1992; director, Glaxo Institute Applied Pharmacology, U. Cambridge, England, since 1992; honorary professor, since 1994. Committee member International Union Pharmacology Committee for Receptor Nomenclatureand Drug Classification, since 1990. Chairman receptor nomenclature committee Serotonin Club, 1987-1993.

Achievements

• Patrick Paul Humphrey has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Member British Pharmaceutical Society, Physiological Society, Society.Neurosci.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, playing real (royal) tennis, gardening, ornithology.

Connections

Married Mary Frances Letford, September 14, 1968. Children: Patrick Tobias, Damian Paul, Joel Anthony.

Father:

Gordon William Humphrey

Mother:

Judith Suzanne (LeRoux) Humphrey

Spouse:

Mary Frances Letford

child:

Damian Paul Humphrey

child:

Joel Anthony Humphrey

child:

Patrick Tobias Humphrey