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Born | Leslie Lars Iversen 31 October 1937 Exeter, England |
Died | 30 July 2020 | (aged 82)
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Spouse | Susan Iversen (1961) |
Awards | Ferrier Lecture |
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Fields | Pharmacology |
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Leslie Lars Iversen CBE FRS MAE (31 October 1937 – 30 July 2020), was a British pharmacologist, known for his work on the neurochemistry of neurotransmission.[1]
Of Norwegian descent, he attended Hele's School, Exeter.[2][3]
From 1971 to 1982, Iversen was Director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge. Between 1982 and 1995 he worked as Director of the Merck, Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre. In 1995 he became Visiting Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.[4]
In 2000, Iversen published the book The Science of Marijuana by Oxford University Press, Inc.[5] In 2010 he was accused of plagiarism. Consequently one of his books now credits the original author of the plagiarized work.[6]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1980[7][8] and gave the Society's Ferrier Lecture in 1983.[9] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours, "for services to pharmacology".[10]
He died on 30 July 2020, survived by his wife of over 60 years, Susan Iversen.[11]
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