Graham Malcolm Wilson

Graham Malcolm Wilson (1917–1977) was a Scottish physician, professor of medicine, and pioneer of clinical pharmacology.

Life

He was born in Edinburgh the son of Dr Malcolm Wilson, a lecturer in mycology at the University of Edinburgh.

After education at Edinburgh Academy from 1923 to 1934, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MB ChB in 1940, a BSc in pathology in 1947, his MD in 1950, and a DSc in 1964. After graduation in 1940 he was appointed house surgeon and house physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He qualified MRCPE in 1942. In 1970 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh.

He gave in 1962 the Bradshaw Lecture on Diuretics. He promoted research into the operation and efficiency of the National Health Service and created part-time medical posts specifically for women.

He died in Glasgow of a long and painful illness on 15 April 1977 a few hours before his 60th birthday.

Family Graham Wilson's younger brother Cedric Wilson became a professor of pharmacology at Trinity College Dublin.

Selected publications with W. I. Baba and G. R. Tudhope:

wit M. Green: with G. D. Broadhead and I. B. Pearson: