Paul Fatt
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Paul Fatt | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 13 January 1924 |
| Died | 28 September 2014 (aged 90) |
| Spouses |
|
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Thesis | Neuro-muscular transmission (1950) |
Paul Fatt FRS (13 January 1924 – 28 September 2014) was a British neuroscientist, who was a professor at University College London.[1] With Bernard Katz, he developed the "quantal hypothesis" for neurotransmitters.[2][3][4]
Personal life[edit]
Paul married three times: Ione Copplestone (1926-2016) with whom he had three children: Michael (1954), Laura (1955), Harriet (1957); Gertrude Falk (1926–2008) with whom he had one child, Ilsa;[5] and Carla Wartenberg fom 1985 till his death.
References[edit]
- ^ Ashmore, Jonathan (2013). "An interview with Paul Fatt" (PDF). physoc.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
- ^ "Sir Bernard Katz Award". Biophysical Society.
- ^ Cull-Candy, Stuart; Ashmore, Jonathan (2014). "Paul Fatt 1924–2014". Nature Neuroscience. 17 (12): 1634. doi:10.1038/nn.3873. ISSN 1546-1726. PMID 25413090.
- ^ Anon (2014). "Paul Fatt obituary 1924-2014" (PDF). discovery.ucl.ac.uk. [dead link]
- ^ Joffe, Lawrence (1 April 2008). "Gertrude Falk". The Guardian.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| People | |
Jonathan F. Ashmore, PAUL FATT 13 January 1924 — 28 September 2014, in: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2016.0005