Derek Raymond Bangham FRCP (19 September 1924 – 2 January 2008) was a British doctor and

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Early life

He was born in Manchester, England on 19 September 1924 and attended The Downs School, near Malvern, where his teachers included

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, and

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. He was declared medically unfit to serve during

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, and instead read biological sciences at King's College London, afterwards attending University College Hospital Medical School.

Career

In 1952, he gave up medical practice to join the

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(NIMR), investigating

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s. He was promoted to Head of the Division of Biological Standards at the NIMR in 1961. From 1972 to 1987 he was Head of the Hormones Division of the

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(NIBSC). He was also a member of the

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's European committee on biological standardization, the committee of the

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and the committee of the

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Personal life

Bangham was an accomplished amateur artist. Two of his paintings are in the collection of the Royal Free Hospital. He died on 2 January 2008. His brother was

Alec Bangham Alec Douglas Bangham FRS (10 November 1921 Manchester – 9 March 2010 Great Shelford) was a British biophysicist who first studied blood clotting mechanisms but became well known for his research on liposomes and his invention of clinically u ...

Awards

* Silver plate of the Society for Endocrinology (1986; the first awarded) for his "distinguished contribution to British endocrinology" * Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (1981)

Notable works

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bangham, Derek 1924 births 2008 deaths British pharmacologists People educated at The Downs School, Herefordshire Alumni of King's College London Alumni of University College London 20th-century British painters British endocrinologists