Alan C. Burton
Alan Chadburn Burton (born April 18, 1904 in London , † June 27, 1979 ) was a Canadian biophysicist .
Life
Burton was a physics teacher before emigrating to Canada in 1927 and studying physics at the University of Toronto , where he received his doctorate in 1932. His dissertation was on the heating of electrolytes with microwaves. As a post-doctoral student he was at the University of Rochester and from 1934 at the University of Pennsylvania . During World War II, he worked on military protective clothing in Canada. After the war he became a professor of biophysics at the University of Western Ontario and founder of the first department of biophysics at a medical school in Canada. In 1970 he retired.
He received an MBE for his work during World War II . He was president of the American Physiological Society in 1956 , the Biophysical Society in 1966, and the Canadian Physiological Society in 1959 . In 1961 he received the Canada Gairdner International Award . In 2010 he was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame . The Burton Point , a headland in Antarctica, bears his name.
Fonts
- with Otto G. Edholm: Man in a cold environment; physiological and pathological effects of exposure to low temperatures, London: Arnold 1955, New York: Hafner 1969
- Physiology and biophysics of the circulation; an introductory text, Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, 2nd edition 1972
- Physiology and biophysics of the circulation, Stuttgart: Schattauer 1969
literature
- Alfred WL Jay, Peter B. Canham: Pioneers in Biophysics: Alan C. Burton (1904–1979), Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario 2010
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burton, Alan C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burton, Alan Chadburn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian biophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1979 |