Gustav Victor Rudolf Born
- Gustav Victor Rudolf Born
Gustav Victor Rudolf Born, born 29 July 1921, Germany is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at King's College London and Research Professor at the William Harvey Research Institute, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College.
He was educated at the Oberrealschule, Göttingen. After fleeing to Great Britain with his father, he attended The Perse School, Cambridge, Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1972, and of the Royal College of Physicians in 1976. He was Professor of Pharmacology at King's College London, 1978-86, and became Research Professor at the William Harvey Institute in 1989.
He married Ann Plowden-Wardlaw, a medical doctor and Kleinian psychoanalyst.
In 2006 he co-authored a book with Lorie Karnath "Wohin geht die Sonne, wenn ich schlafe" Nymphenburger Verlag, Munich
His father was Max Born. His daughter is Georgina Born, Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Music at the University of Cambridge, and his niece is the actress and singer Olivia Newton-John.
See also
* cite book|url=http://termessos.de/Bornengl.htm
accessdate=2008-02-12
title=The Born Family in Göttingen and Beyond
publisher=Termessos Verlag
year=2002
author=Gustav V. R. Born
isbn=978-3-938016-05-3
External links
* [http://www.vega.org.uk/video/programme/92 Freeview Video 'Face to Face with Gustav Born' by the Vega Science Trust]
* [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/inspired/article/1343/ Gustav V R Born] in Spiked Online
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