| Hugh Gurling | |
| Birth Name: | Hugh Malcolm Douglas Gurling |
| Birth Date: | 1950 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Scientist |
Hugh Malcolm Douglas Gurling (6 May 1950 – 2 November 2013) was an English medical geneticist who specialised in the role of genetics and mental health. He led a molecular psychiatry laboratory at University College, London.[1]
Gurling was born in London on 6 May 1950, and brought up in Derbyshire.[2] His father, Kenneth Gurling, was a physician and inaugural dean of the University of Nottingham. His mother, Nonie Sempill, was a nurse.
In 1987, he married Meryl Dahlitz, an academic neuropsychiatrist. In 1994 they had their first daughter Holly, and then twins Laurel and Alisdair in 1998.[3]
Gurling died of a heart attack on 2 November 2013.[2]