Chauncey D. Leake

Chauncey Depew Leake
Leake (left) with Morris Fishbein
Born
Chauncey Depew Leake

(1896-09-05)September 5, 1896
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJanuary 11, 1978(1978-01-11) (aged 81)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology

Chauncey Depew Leake (September 5, 1896 – January 11, 1978) was an American pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicist.

Early life

Leake was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[1] At age 10, he was treated by the ophthalmologist Karl Koller. At that time, Koller also introduced Leake to the anesthetic effects of cocaine.[2]

Education

Leake received a bachelor's degree with majors in biology, chemistry, and philosophy from Princeton University.[3] He received his M.S. (1920) and Ph.D. (1923) from the University of Wisconsin in pharmacology and physiology.[4]

Career

Leake discovered the anesthetic divinyl ether. He authored over 400 publications.[5] One of his publications was a translation of the 1628 physiological work De motu cordis (On the Motion of the Heart) from Latin to English.

Leake became a fulltime university administrator from 1942, first at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and from 1962 at Ohio State University.[5]

In 1973, Leake was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto II.[6]

He was awarded the UCSF medal in 1975.[7]

A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[8]

Personal life

Leake married the microbiologist Elisabeth Wilson in 1921, and they collaborated for many years. They had two sons and remained married until her death in 1977.[9][5]

References

  1. ^ Staff. A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930-1980 Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 257. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. "Leake, Chauncey Depew 50s, 52s HS, History of Science & Medicine Born 1896 Elizabeth, NJ."
  2. ^ Patil, Popat N. (2012). Discoveries in Pharmacological Sciences. World Scientific. p. 198-199.
  3. ^ Chauncey D. Leake (1976). "How I Am". Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 16: 1–16. doi:10.1146/annurev.pa.16.040176.000245. PMID 779611.
  4. ^ Register of the Chauncey DePew Leake papers, 1912-1978 (Online Archives of California)
  5. ^ a b c Altman, Lawrence K. (January 13, 1978). "Dr. Chauncey D. Leake Dies at 81; Pharmacologist and Administrator: Development of Amphetamines Popularizer of Science Gave Up Research". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Humanist Manifesto II". American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "UCSF Medal". Office of the Chancellor. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Chauncey D. Leake Papers 1921-1976". National Library of Medicine.
  9. ^ Leake, Chauncey D. (April 1, 1976). "How I Am". Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 16 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1146/annurev.pa.16.040176.000245. ISSN 0362-1642. PMID 779611.

Literature

  • Robinson, Victor: Victory Over Pain: A History of Anaesthesia (1947).
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