Lancelot Ware
Lancelot Lionel Ware
Life
Ware was born in Mitcham, Surrey, the eldest child of Frederick Ware and Eleanor Emslie.[2] He attended Steyning Grammar School and Sutton Grammar School. He then became a Royal Scholar at Imperial College London, reading mathematics, followed by a PhD in biochemistry.[2][1]
In June 1980, at the age of 65, he married Joan Francesca Rae Quint (née Gomez), who survived him. He died 15 August 2000, aged 85.[2][1]
Career
Ware undertook medical research with Sir Henry Dale at the National Institute for Medical Research in Hampstead, London, and became a non-clinical medical researcher and lecturer in biochemistry at St Thomas' Hospital in London.
During
He was also very interested in
Ware retired from the Bar in 1987.[2][1]
Mensa
The origins of Mensa were said to be from a conversation on a train with Roland Berrill, a lawyer with an interest in phrenology. Ware argued that IQ tests were more appropriate and later tested Berrill, finding him to be in the top 1% of the population. They therefore agreed to form a High IQ club, with Berrill providing the funding, and it began on 1 October 1946.[1]
By 1950, Ware had left Mensa, disagreeing with the way it was run by Berrill. However, after Berrill died in 1961, he re-joined the society.[2][dubious ]
References
- ^ a b c d e Barker, Dennis (18 August 2000). "Obituary: Lancelot Ware". The Guardian.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography