Background
Burgen, Arnold was born on March 20, 1922 in London. Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Wolfers) Burgen.
Pharmacologist university professor
Burgen, Arnold was born on March 20, 1922 in London. Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Wolfers) Burgen.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, London University, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, London University, 1959. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1962.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Leeds University, 1973. Doctor of Science (honorary), McGill University, 1973. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Utrecht, 1983.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), U Zurich, 1983. DUniv (honorary), University Surrey, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Liverpool, 1989.
He was Master of Darwin College, Cambridge 1982-1989 (Honorary Fellow, 1989), Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University, 1985-1989, and founding President of the Academia Europæa. House Physician, Middlesex Hospital, 1945. Demonstrator, 1945-1948, Assistant Lectr, 1948-1949, in Pharmacology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School.
Professor of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, 1949-1962.
Deputy Director, University Clinic, Montreal General Hospital, 1957-1962. Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, 1962-1971.
Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, 1962-1971, Honorary Fellow 1972 Director, National Institute for Medical Research, 1971-1982.
President, the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 1972-1975.
Fellow Royal Society London (vice president 1980, foreign secretary 1981). Member National Academy of Sciences, Oxford and Cambridge Club (London).
Married Judith Browne, August 4, 1946. Children: Andrew, Jennifer, Stephen. Married Olga Kennard, December 5, 1993.