Leslie Iversen
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| Born | Leslie Lars Iversen 31 October 1937 Exeter, England |
| Died | 30 July 2020 (aged 82) |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
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| Awards | Ferrier Lecture |
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| Fields | Pharmacology |
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Leslie Lars Iversen CBE FRS MAE (31 October 1937 – 30 July 2020), was a British pharmacologist, known for his work on the neurochemistry of neurotransmission.[1]
Early life
[edit]Of Norwegian descent, Iversen attended Hele's School, Exeter,[2][3][4] and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in natural sciences and a PhD in pharmacology.[5]
Career and research
[edit]A Fellow of Trinity College from 1964 to 1984, Iversen was also Locke Research Fellow of the Royal Society at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1971.[5] From 1971 to 1982, he was Director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge. Between 1982 and 1995 he worked as Director of the Merck, Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre. In 1995 he became Visiting Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.[6]
In 2000, Iversen published the book The Science of Marijuana by Oxford University Press, Inc.[7] In 2010 he was accused of plagiarism. Consequently one of his books now credits the original author of the plagiarized work.[8]
Awards and honours
[edit]He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1980[9][10] and gave the Society's Ferrier Lecture in 1983.[11] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours, "for services to pharmacology".[12]
He died on 30 July 2020, survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Susan Iversen.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Leslie Iversen on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- ^ Express & Echo, 12 June 1956, p. 6
- ^ Express & Echo, 20 August 1956, p, 3
- ^ See https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2023.0008
- ^ a b "IVERSEN, Prof. Leslie Lars". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2025 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Tilli Tansey; Pippa Catterall; Sonia V Willhoft; Daphne Christie; Lois Reynolds, eds. (1997). Technology Transfer in Britain: The Case of Monoclonal Antibodies; Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity; Endogenous Opiates; The Committee on Safety of Drugs. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-1-869835-79-8. OL 9320034M. Wikidata Q29581528.
- ^ The science of marijuana, LL Iversen. "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Plagiarism by British Drug Tsar". 11 November 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Robbins, Trevor W. (2023). "Leslie Lars Iversen. 31 October 1937—30 July 2020". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 75: 263–278. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2023.0008. S2CID 258312871.
- ^ "Leslie Iversen". Royal Society.
- ^ "Ferrier Medal and Lecture". Royal Society. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 28 December 2012. p. 8.
- ^ "In Memory of Leslie Iversen". British Neuroscience Association. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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