Colin Blakemore

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Colin Blakemore
Blakemore in 2012
Born
Colin Brian Blakemore

(1944-06-01)1 June 1944
Died27 June 2022(2022-06-27) (aged 78)
Oxford, England
Alma mater
SpouseAndrée Elizabeth Washbourne
Children3, inlcuding Sarah-Jayne Blakemore[1]
Scientific career
FieldsNeurobiology, Ophthalmology
Institutions
ThesisBinocular Interaction in Animals and Man (1968)
Doctoral advisorHorace Barlow

Sir Colin Blakemore, FRS, FMedSci, HonFRCP, HonFRSM, FRSB, FBPhS (1 June 1944 – 27 June 2022) was a British neurobiologist. His works focused in vision and the development of the brain.

He was Yeung Kin Man Professor of Neuroscience and Senior Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong. He was an Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.[2][3][4]

He was called by The Observer as both "one of the most powerful scientists in the UK" and "a hate figure for the animal rights movement" for his support of animal testing in science.[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. BLAKEMORE, Prof. Sarah-Jayne. Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help) closed access (subscription required)
  2. Hopkin, M. (2007). "Straight talk from... Colin Blakemore". Nature Medicine. 13 (10): 1125. doi:10.1038/nm1007-1125. PMID 17917643. S2CID 44378513.
  3. Blakemore, C. (2003). "Raising profile.( Colin Blakemore, the new chief executive of the Medical Research Council interviewed by Nigel Williams)". Current Biology. 13 (23): R891. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2003.11.002. PMID 14654006.
  4. Barbour, V. (2003). "Colin Blakemore". The Lancet. 362 (9395): 1590–1598. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14769-1. PMID 14615136. S2CID 36244369.
  5. McKie, Robin. "Scientist who stood up to terrorism and mob hate faces his toughest test". The Observer, 14 September 2003.