Our Hall of Fame contains individuals who have played key roles in the development of pharmacology. Members nominated individuals based upon their distinction and peer recognition in science or long and valuable service to the Society.
Bill Bowman
Bill Bowman was born on 26 April 1930 in Carlisle, UK and died on 18 July 2013 in Rockcliffe, UK. He played a pivotal role in understanding how muscle-relaxing drugs work and developing safer and shorter-acting replacements.
Hans Kosterlitz
Kosterlitz was born on 27 April 1903 in Berlin, Germany and died on 26 October 1996 in Aberdeen, UK. He is widely regarded as the discoverer of the enkephalins, the body's own natural opiates.
Heinz Otto Schild
Schild was born on 18 May 1906 in Fiume, Austria-Hungary, now Rijeka, Croatia and died on 15 June 1984 in Leatherhead, UK. A major theme of his research was the mechanism of the anaphylactic response, and the role of histamine as a mediator.
Marthe Vogt
Marthe Vogt was born on 8 September 1903 in Berlin, Germany and died on 9 September 2003 in La Jolla, California, USA. She was the third ever woman to join the British Pharmacological Society in 1937.
Sir Derrick Dunlop
Dunlop was born on 3 April 1902 in Edinburgh, UK and died on 19 June 1980 in Edinburgh, UK. Following implementation of the Medicines Act in 1968, he became the first chairman of the Medicines Commission, in which capacity he served until 1971.
Edith Bülbring
Edith Bülbring was born on 27 December 1903 in Bonn, Germany and died on 5 July 1990 in Oxford, UK. She pioneered research in the physiology and pharmacology of smooth muscle.
Sir Henry Hallett Dale
Sir Henry Hallett Dale was born on 9 June 1875 in London, UK and died on23 July 1968 in Cambridge, UK. His work culminated in him being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1936.
Sir James Whyte Black
Sir James Whyte Black was born on 14 June 1924 in Uddingston, UK and died on 2 March 2010 in London, UK. Black discovered two ‘first-in-class’ medicines: the first beta-blocker and the first selective histamine H2 antagonist for the treatment of stomach ulcers.
Sir John Gaddum
Gaddum was born on March 1900 in Hale, Cheshire, UK and died on30 June 1965 in Cambridge, UK. His studies on the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) led to a better understanding of serotonin.
Sir Jogn Vane
Vane was born on 29 March 1927 in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, UK and died on 19 November 2004 in Farnborough, Kent, UK. He discovered how aspirin works, laying the foundation for current understanding of anti-inflammatory medicines, for which he shared the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
