David Lester (biochemist)

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David Lester
Born(1916-01-22)January 22, 1916
DiedSeptember 15, 1990(1990-09-15) (aged 74)
Nationality United States
Alma materYale University,
Scientific career
Fieldsbiochemistry
InstitutionsRutgers University

David Lester (January 22, 1916 – September 15, 1990) was an American biochemist who did extensive studies of alcoholism and was a professor at Rutgers University.[1]

Life and career

He was scientific director of the Center of Alcohol Studies after it moved to Rutgers in 1962.[1] From 1940 to 1980, he was an editorial board member of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol (which later became the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and finally the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs), based at the Center for Alcohol Studies.

In 1938, he married Ruth Weiss (1918-2008). After they moved to Princeton in 1962, she became an assistant editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson at Princeton University.[2]

Acetanilide studies

In 1946–1947, while studying at Yale, he coauthored with

Bernard Brodie and Julius Axelrod led to the rediscovery of paracetamol as a drug.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Alfonso A. Narvaez (September 18, 1990). "David Lester, 74; Rutgers Researcher Studied Alcoholism". New York Times.
  2. ^ "www.TownTopics.com — Obituaries". www.towntopics.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  3. from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  4. from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  5. from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  6. ^ Brown, Trevor; Dronsfield, Alan; Ellis, Peter (1 July 2005). "Pain relief: from coal tar to paracetamol". Education in Chemistry. Vol. 42, no. 4. Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 102–105. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.