Hugh Davson, Baron Davson (25 November 1909 – 2 July 1996) was an English physiologist who worked on membrane transport and ocular fluids. Davson was born in

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, London, the son of physician Wilfred Maynard Davson and Mary Louisa Scott.''1911 England Census'' He attended

University College School ("Slowly but surely") , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent day school , religion = , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Mark Beard , r_head_label = , r_he ...

. He later studied at

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

and took a variety of research posts at institutes such as UCL, and

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's Dalhousie University. With

James Danielli James Frederic Danielli FRS (1911–1984) was an English biologist. He was famous for research on the structure and the permeability of cell membranes The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane (PM) or cytoplasmic membrane, and ...

he proposed a model for cell membrane structure which became known as the Davson-Danielli or "protein sandwich" model. In 1931 he married the society portrait painter Marjorie Heath with whom he had one daughter. He was a cousin of the renowned journalist and broadcaster,

Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke (born Alfred Cooke; 20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. He had intimate friendships with influential individuals such as Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee.

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1909 births 1996 deaths English physiologists People educated at University College School Alumni of University College London {{England-med-bio-stub