George Lindor Brown

English physiologist and academic (1903–1971)

G.L. Brown

Sir George Lindor Brown CBE FRS (9 February 1903, Liverpool – 22 February 1971) was an English physiologist and secretary of the Royal Society, of which he was elected a Fellow in 1946.

He was commonly referred to as Sir Lindor Brown; by his own preference.[citation needed]

He was Waynflete Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford from 1960 to 1967. He resigned from this post to become Principal of Hertford College.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Brown, Sir George Lindor (1903-1971)". AIM25. Archived from the original on 10 July 2006.
  2. ^ "George Lindor Brown Archive at the Royal Society". Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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