About Owen Wade
Lived 1921 – 2008 (aged 87). Owen Wade was a British pharmacologist and physician.
Owen Lyndon Wade (1921-2008) was a British medical researcher and academic, described by the Royal College of Physicians as "one of the founding fathers of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in the UK".
Wade was born in Penarth, South Wales, on 17 May 1921, to Katie Jones and James Owen David Wade, the latter a surgeon. He was pointed as a lecturer in medicine at the University of Birmingham in 1951, rising to Senior Lecturer.
Wade's autobiography was published in 1986.
He died on 10 December 2008.
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Who was Owen Wade?
physician; clinical pharmacologist
When was Owen Wade born?
Owen Wade was born on 17 May 1921.
When did Owen Wade die?
Owen Wade died on 10 December 2008.
What was Owen Wade's occupation?
Owen Wade was a pharmacologist and physician.
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Owen Wade was British.
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· DBpedia: Owen Wade (physician)
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