Arnold Burgen

Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS (20 March 1922 – 26 May 2022) was a British physician, pharmacologist, academic, and university administrator. Considered a founder and important contributor to the development of molecular pharmacology, Burgen was a Professor of Physiology at McGill University from 1949 to 1962 and Sheild Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge from 1962 to 1971. Throughout his career, Burgen held a variety of positions of leadership in both academia and the medical establishment. In 1988, he became the founding President of the Academia Europaea.