Derek Bangham


Derek Raymond Bangham Fellow of the [Royal College of Physicians|FRCP] was a British doctor and research scientist.

Early life

He was born in Manchester, England on 19 September 1924 and attended The [Downs School (Herefordshire)|The Downs School], near Malvern, where his teachers included W. H. Auden, and Bryanston School.
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].

Career

In 1952, he gave up medical practice to join the National Institute for Medical Research, investigating parasites. He was promoted to Head of the Division of Biological Standards at the NIMR in 1961.
From 1972 to 1987 he was Head of the Hormones Division of the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control.
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.

Personal life

Bangham was an accomplished amateur artist. Two of his paintings are in the collection of the Royal Free Hospital.
He died on 2 January 2008. His brother was Alec Bangham.
Bangham was married to Alison Mary Bangham, a fellow doctor who he met at University College Hospital. They were married in 1952.

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