Sir James Black

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Sir James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing treatments for heart disease and peptic ulcers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sir James W. Black 4
Sir James Black canonical 2
Sir James Whyte Black 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
human ⓘ
pharmacologist ⓘ
academicDegree MB ChB ⓘ
awardReceived Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-06-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-03-22 ⓘ
developed cimetidine ⓘ
practolol ⓘ
propranolol ⓘ
educatedAt St Andrews University Medical School ⓘ
University of St Andrews ⓘ
employer Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) ⓘ
King's College London ⓘ
Smith, Kline & French ⓘ
University College London ⓘ
Wellcome Foundation ⓘ
linked to: Wellcome Trust
familyName Black ⓘ
fieldOfWork drug discovery ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influencedField treatment of angina pectoris ⓘ
treatment of hypertension ⓘ
treatment of peptic ulcer disease ⓘ
knownFor H2 receptor antagonists ⓘ
beta-blockers ⓘ
rational drug design ⓘ
memberOf Academia Europaea ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
middleName Whyte ⓘ
name James Whyte Black ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
nobelPrizeMotivation for discoveries of important principles for drug treatment ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear 1988 ⓘ
notableWork development of the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine ⓘ
development of the first beta-adrenergic receptor blocker (propranolol) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Uddingston
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Dundee ⓘ
Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at University College London ⓘ
Professor of Pharmacology at King's College London ⓘ

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Aberdeen Grammar School → hasNotableAlumnus → Sir James Whyte Black ⓘ
linked to: Sir James Black
Gertrude B. Elion → NobelLaureateCo-recipient → Sir James W. Black ⓘ
linked to: Sir James Black
Wellcome Research Laboratories → employed → Sir James W. Black ⓘ
linked to: Sir James Black
Wellcome Research Laboratories → hasNotableAlumnus → Sir James W. Black ⓘ
linked to: Sir James Black
George H. Hitchings → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Sir James W. Black ⓘ
linked to: Sir James Black