Derek Bangham

Derek Raymond Bangham FRCP (19 September 1924 – 2 January 2008) was a British doctor and research scientist.

Early life He was born in Manchester, England on 19 September 1924 and attended 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.

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.

He died on 2 January 2008. His brother was Alec Bangham.

Awards

Silver plate of the Society for Endocrinology (1986; the first awarded) for his "distinguished contribution to British endocrinology" Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (1981)

Notable works