Alec Douglas Bangham FRS (10 November 1921

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

– 9 March 2010 Great Shelford) was a British

biophysicist Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations. Bi ...

who first studied blood clotting mechanisms but became well known for his research on

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s and his invention of clinically useful artificial lung surfactants.

Life

Bangham was the son of Donald Bangham, and Edith Kerby. He studied at the Downs School, and then

Bryanston School Bryanston School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the town of Blandford Forum, in Dorset in South West England. It was founded in 1928. ...

, and proceeded to earn an MB MS in medicine from

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. He was appointed to

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, where he served as a pathologist, in the

Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps ...

, becoming a captain in 1948. Bangham worked at the

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in Cambridge from 1952 to 1982. He is best known for his research on

Family

He was married to Rosalind; they had four children and eleven grandchildren. His brother was

Derek Bangham Derek Raymond Bangham FRCP (19 September 1924 – 2 January 2008) was a British doctor and research scientist. Early life He was born in Manchester, England on 19 September 1924 and attended The Downs School, near Malvern, where his te ...

Awards

*1965 doctorate of medicine from

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*1977 Fellow of the Royal Society *1981 Fellow of University College London *1997 distinguished fellow of the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bangham, Alec 1921 births 2010 deaths British physiologists Fellows of the Royal Society Royal Army Medical Corps officers British pathologists Alumni of University College London People educated at Bryanston School Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Scientists from Manchester People from Great Shelford