Merton Sandler (28 March 1926 – 24 August 2014) was a British professor of

chemical pathology Clinical chemistry (also known as chemical pathology, clinical biochemistry or medical biochemistry) is the area of chemistry that is generally concerned with analysis of bodily fluids for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. It is an applied ...

and a pioneer in biological psychiatry.

Education and career

Sandler studied at the

Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England, is the largest independent school (UK), independent day school for boys in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1515 as a Grammar school#free tuition, free grammar school next to Manchester C ...

and the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...

. In 1959, he suggested a link between depression and

monoamine Monoamine neurotransmitters are neurotransmitters and neuromodulators that contain one amino group connected to an aromatic ring by a two-carbon chain (such as -CH2-CH2-). Examples are dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin. All monoamines ar ...

deficiency in the brain, which led to the development of antidepressants. Sandler was Professor of Chemical Pathology at the

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from 1973 to 1991.

Private life

Sandler married Lorna Grenby in 1961 and they had four children. He was an active Freemason initiated in 1954 in the In Arduis Fidelis Lodge (London), and two years later in the

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. He belonged to several lodges and chapters, and held office in the

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* 1926 births 2014 deaths People educated at Manchester Grammar School Alumni of the University of Manchester Chemical pathologists Academics of the University of London {{UK-academic-bio-stub