George Henry Alexander Clowes (1877–1958) was a medical doctor who worked as the first research director at

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. He was responsible for mobilizing Eli Lilly resources to mass-produce

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, making it available for diabetics beginning in 1923. He was an art collector whose collection of paintings by European

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s was donated to the

Indianapolis Museum of Art The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is an encyclopedic art museum located at Newfields, a campus that also houses Lilly House, The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres, the Gardens at Newfields, the Beer Garden, and more. It i ...

. He and his two sons established The Clowes Fund in 1952 to fund art, education, and social services. The Clowes Award for cancer research was named in his honor. His grandson, Alexander Whitehill Clowes, wrote ''The Doc and the Duchess'', a book about his grandfather's life and legacy.

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American physicians 1877 births 1958 deaths Indianapolis Museum of Art people {{US-physician-stub