Derek Bangham

Derek Bangham
FRCP
Born
Derek Raymond Bangham

(1924-09-19)19 September 1924
Died2 January 2008(2008-01-02) (aged 83)
London, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Education
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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 teachers included W. H. Auden, and Bryanston School.[1]

He was declared medically unfit to serve during World War II, and instead read biological sciences at King's College London, afterwards attending University College Hospital Medical School.[1]

Career

In 1952, he gave up medical practice to join the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), investigating parasites. He was promoted to Head of the Division of Biological Standards at the NIMR in 1961.[1]

From 1972 to 1987 he was Head of the Hormones Division of the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC).[2]

He was also a member of the World Health Organization's European committee on biological standardization, the committee of the European Pharmacopoeia and the committee of the British Pharmacopoeia Commission.[1]

Personal life

Bangham was an accomplished amateur artist.[1] Two of his paintings are in the collection of the Royal Free Hospital.[3]

He died on 2 January 2008. His brother was Alec Bangham.[1]

Bangham was married to Alison Mary Bangham (née Harington), a fellow doctor who he met at University College Hospital. They were married in 1952.[4]

Awards

Notable works

  • A history of biological standardization: the characterization and measurement of complex molecules important in clinical and research medicine : contributions from the UK 1900-1995 : what, why, how, where and by whom. published with the assistance of the Society for Endocrinology. 1999.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Munks Roll Details for Derek Raymond Bangham". Munk's Roll. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ Tilli Tansey; Lois Reynolds, eds. (2000). Post Penicillin Antibiotics: From acceptance to resistance?. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-1-84129-012-6. OL 12568269M. Wikidata Q29581637.
  3. ^ 2 artworks by or after Derek Bangham at the Art UK site
  4. ^ "Obituaries: Alison Mary Bangham". The BMJ. 18 November 2016.