Alan William Cuthbert, (7 May 1932 – 27 August 2016) was a British

pharmacologist Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

and

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University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

Life

Cuthbert was born in

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

, England. He was a research professor at

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, located at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. From 1979 to 1999 he was Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, and from 1991 to 1999 he served as master of

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...

. He died at the age of 84 on 27 August 2016.

References

External links

Alan Cuthbert interviewed by Mike Edwardson
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuthbert, Alan 1932 births 2016 deaths Academics of University College London British pharmacologists Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge People from Peterborough Professors of the University of Cambridge