David Bowen (neurologist)

David Martin Bowen (born April 8, 1940 in Reading , † February 4, 2011 in Cornwall ) was a British neurologist. He became known through neurochemical research on Alzheimer's disease .

During his youth he was a member of the Sea Scouts . After leaving it, he discovered his interest in science. He was the first member of his family to attend university. He studied chemistry and microbiology at Reading University . He completed his studies in 1961 and then went to the United States, where he received his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh . It was there that he met his first wife, Susan Radius. After completing his doctorate, he worked at the University of Michigan until 1968 and then returned to Great Britain.

Bowen made his way into neuroscience in 1970 when he started working for the world's first department of neurochemistry , based at the Department of Neurology in London. Bowen's main research was Alzheimer's disease. In 1993 he suffered a heart attack which resulted in his being forced to quit his job two years later. But even after his retirement he continued to publish work on Alzheimer's disease, most recently in 2008. Bowen was married twice and had four children with his first wife.

Awards

• Dhole-Eddleston Memorial Prize , awarded by the British Geriatric Society (1980)
• J Allyn Taylor Gold Medal , awarded by the Robarts Institute , Canada (1986)
• Luigi Amaducci Memorial Award , presented by the International Psychogeriatric Association (2005)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} The Telegraph : Medicine Obituaries - Professor David Bowen , May 18, 2011.
2. ^ Robert Katzman, Katherine L. Bick: Alzheimer disease: the changing view, Academic Press, 2000, pp. 179f.