Brian Bellhouse

Brian Bellhouse
Born1 October 1936
Winchelsea, East Sussex, England
Died12 June 2017 (aged 80)
Guestling, East Sussex, England
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Academic, engineer, entrepreneur
Known forFounder of PowderJect
RelativesPaul Drayson, Baron Drayson

Brian J. Bellhouse (1 October 1936[1] – 12 June 2017) was a British academic, engineer, and entrepreneur, the inventor of PowderJect, a needle-free injection system for delivering medications and vaccines.[2] He was also a professor at the University of Oxford.[3][4]

Early life

Bellhouse received an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by a DPhil degree in engineering science in 1964.[5][6]

Academic career

Bellhouse was appointed a lecturer and elected a tutorial fellow at Magdalen College in 1966.[2] In 1998, he became a professor of engineering science, and established and supervised the Department of Engineering Science's Medical Engineering Unit at Oxford University.[2] He retired in 2004 and was appointed an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College.[2]

PowderJect

Main article: PowderJect

In 1992, Bellhouse was at work on a "powdered injector to deliver genetic material into plant cells" when he wondered if he could use the same method on people. A few hours after injecting himself with finely ground salt, the skin began to bleed. As he explained, "Salt bursts the red blood cells. This proved that it had worked. And it was utterly painless. It felt like a puff of air".[4]

Bellhouse developed PowderJect, a needle-free and pain-free injection system which shoots fine powder into the skin at high speed, and his son-in-law Paul Drayson brought along the financing needed to turn it into a commercial reality.[7] PowderJect Pharmaceuticals became a public company in 1997 with a £50 million market valuation.[7] It was later sold to Chiron Corporation for £542 million, and has been called "one of the most successful companies ever to be spun out of Oxford [University]".[2]

Philanthropy

With the profits he gained from the sale of PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, Bellhouse became a major donor to Oxford University, including a "substantial gift" towards the building of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and the endowment of the Oxford-Bellhouse Graduate Scholarship in Biomedical Engineering at Magdalen College.[2]

Personal life

Bellhouse was the father-in-law of the Labour peer and former Minister of Science, Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson.[8] He was born and resided in Winchelsea, East Sussex.[8]

Death

On 12 June 2017, Bellhouse, while out for a walk in a field that he owned, was trampled to death as he tried to save his dog from a stampeding herd of cows.[9][3]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Pioneering medical engineer Prof Brian Bellhouse". Oxford Mail. UK. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Tributes paid to pioneering Oxford engineer Professor Brian Bellhouse". UK: University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Former Oxford professor Brian Bellhouse 'trampled to death by cows'". Oxford Mail. UK. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Brian Bellhouse | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times". The Times. UK. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ Discover Magdalen (13 June 2017). "Professor Brian Bellhouse". UK: Magdalen College, Oxford. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Tribute to Professor Brian Bellhouse". Department of Engineering Science Newsletter. No. 7. UK: Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. 2017. p. 16.
  7. ^ a b Adamson, Colin (19 April 2002). "How Drayson made his millions". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b Bryan, Kenza. "Multimillionaire Oxford academic Brian Bellhouse trampled to death by cows". The Independent. UK. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. ^ Staff (14 June 2017). "Tributes to Oxford Professor who was trampled by herd of cows". ITV. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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