Owen Wade (physician)
Professor Owen Wade FRCP | |
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| Born | Owen Lyndon Wade 17 May 1921 |
| Died | 10 December 2008 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Owen Lyndon Wade FRCP (1921-2008) was a British medical researcher and academic, described by the Royal College of Physicians as "one of the founding fathers of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in the UK".[1]
Wade was born in Penarth, South Wales, on 17 May 1921, to Katie Jones and James Owen David Wade, the latter a surgeon.[1]
He was educated at
Birmingham Medical School from 1978 to 1984.[2] Immediately on appointment he had to deal with the aftermath of a smallpox outbreak there.[1] He oversaw the modernisation and 1981 relaunch of the British National Formulary.[3]
Wade's autobiography was published in 1986.Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1983 Birthday Honours.[4]
He died on 10 December 2008.[1]
Bibliography
- When I Dropped the Knife. Pentland Press. 1996.
References
- ^ Munks Roll. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Wikidata Q29581659.
- PMID 19740407.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 49375". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1983. pp. 1–28.
External links
- Owen Wade on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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