John Alexander Loraine

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

FRCPE FIB (14 May 1924 – 14 November 1988) was a Scottish physician and

endocrinologist Endocrinology (from ''endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events ...

. He wrote widely on human sexuality.

Life

Loraine was born in

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on 14 May 1924, the son of Ruth (''née'' Jack) and Lachlan Dempster Loraine. He was educated at

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then studied medicine at the

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, graduating with an MB ChB. He did further postgraduate studies, specialising in sexuality and endocrinology and gained both a PhD and DSc. For the degree of DSc he submitted his previously published work, ''The clinical application of hormone assay''. In 1947 he joined the staff of the Clinical Endocrinology Research Unit. He was promoted to assistant director in 1958 and director in 1961. In 1972 he joined the staff of the University of Edinburgh lecturing in community medicine. In 1978 he was elected a fellow of the

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. His proposers were

Anne McLaren Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was a British scientist who was a leading figure in developmental biology. Her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF),

, Roger Valentine Short,

Aubrey Manning Aubrey William George Manning, OBE, FRSE, FRSB, (24 April 1930 – 20 October 2018)Douglas Scott Falconer Douglas Scott Falconer (10 March 1913 in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire – 23 February 2004 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish geneticist known for his work in quantitative genetics. Falconer's book ''Introduction to quantitative genetics'' was writt ...

and H. John Evans. He married Alison Blair in 1974. He died in

on 14 November 1988.

Publications

*''The clinical application of hormone assay'' (1958) *''Fertility and Contraception in the Human Female'' (1968) *''Sex and the Population Crisis'' (1971) *''The Death of Tomorrow'' (1972) *''Understanding Homosexuality'' (1974) *''Syndromes of the 70s'' (1977) *''Global Signposts to the 21st Century'' (1979)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loraine, John Alexander 1924 births 1988 deaths Medical doctors from Edinburgh People educated at George Watson's College Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 20th-century Scottish medical doctors