David Roderick Curtis AC MB BS PhD FRACP FAA FRS (3 June 1927 – 11 December 2017) was an Australian pharmacologist and neurobiologist. Born in Melbourne, he was Professor of Pharmacology, Australian National University 1966-1988 and Director and Howard Florey Professor of Medical Research, John Curtin School of Medical Research from 1989 until his retirement in 1992, at which time he was appointed Emeritus Professor and University Fellow. He was elected

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science is made up of about 500 Australian scientists. Scientists judged by their peers to have made an exceptional contribution to knowledge in their field may be elected to Fellowship of the Academy ...

in 1965 and the

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in 1968. He served as President of the

Australian Academy of Science The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. The first president was Sir Mark Oliphant. The academy is modelled after the Royal Soc ...

1986–90, and was appointed a

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in 1992.

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