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Colin Blakemore

British neurobiologist

Died when: 78 years 26 days (936 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Colin Blakemore

Sir Colin Blakemore, FRS, FMedSci, HonFRCP, HonFRSM, FRSB, FBPhS (1 June 1944 – 27 June 2022) was a British neurobiologist, specialising 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 at City University of Hong Kong.

He was a distinguished senior fellow in the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London and Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a past Chief Executive of the British Medical Research Council (MRC).

He was best known to the public as a communicator of science but also as the target of a long-running animal rights campaign.

According to The Observer, he was both "one of the most powerful scientists in the UK" and "a hate figure for the animal rights movement".


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