Sir James Black

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Sir James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing treatments for heart disease and peptic ulcers.

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Sir James Black canonical 2
Sir James W. Black 1
Sir James Whyte Black 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate
human
pharmacologist
academicDegree MB ChB
awardReceived Gairdner Foundation International Award
Knight Bachelor
Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
surface form: Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Order of Merit
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1924-06-14
dateOfDeath 2010-03-22
developed cimetidine
practolol
propranolol
educatedAt St Andrews University Medical School
University of St Andrews
employer Imperial Chemical Industries
surface form: Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)

King’s College London
surface form: King's College London

Smith, Kline & French
University College London
Wellcome Trust
surface form: Wellcome Foundation
familyName Black
fieldOfWork drug discovery
medicine
pharmacology
givenName James
honorificPrefix Sir
influencedField treatment of angina pectoris
treatment of hypertension
treatment of peptic ulcer disease
knownFor H2 receptor antagonists
beta-blockers
rational drug design
memberOf Academia Europaea
Royal Society
middleName Whyte
name James Whyte Black
nobelPrizeCategory Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
surface form: Physiology or Medicine
nobelPrizeMotivation for discoveries of important principles for drug treatment
nobelPrizeYear 1988
notableWork development of the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine
development of the first beta-adrenergic receptor blocker (propranolol)
placeOfBirth Uddingston
surface form: Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Dundee
Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at University College London
Professor of Pharmacology at King's College London

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Aberdeen Grammar School hasNotableAlumnus Sir James Black
this entity surface form: Sir James Whyte Black
Gertrude B. Elion NobelLaureateCo-recipient Sir James Black
this entity surface form: Sir James W. Black