Merton Sandler Explained

Merton Sandler
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Birth Date:28 March 1926
Birth Place:Manchester, United Kingdom
Death Place:London, United Kingdom
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:University of Manchester
Children:4

Merton Sandler (28 March 1926 – 24 August 2014) was a British professor of chemical pathology and a pioneer in biological psychiatry.[1] [2]

Education and career

Sandler grew up in an observant Jewish family in Salford. He studied at the Manchester Grammar School having won a scholarship, before studying medicine at the University of Manchester. Following his qualification in 1949, Sandler served two years of National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps at Shoreham-by-Sea, attaining the rank of Captain. With his prior pathology training, he managed a small hospital laboratory during this period.[3] In 1951 Sandler was appointed consultant chemical pathologist at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital. In 1959, he suggested a link between depression and monoamine deficiency in the brain, which led to the development of antidepressants. Sandler was Professor of Chemical Pathology at the University of London from 1973 to 1991, and Fellow Emeritus of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology[4]

Private life

Sandler married Lorna Grenby in 1961 and they had four children. He was an active Freemason initiated in 1954 in the In Arduis Fidelis Lodge (London), and two years later in the Holy Royal Arch. He belonged to several lodges and chapters,[5] and held office in the United Grand Lodge of England.[6]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Sandler. Dido. Merton Sandler obituary. 11 October 2014. The Guardian. 9 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Merton Sandler. Debrett's People of Today. 11 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111054836/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/6859/Merton-SANDLER. 11 November 2014.
  3. Web site: 2014-10-27 . Professor Merton Sandler - obituary . 2024-04-16 . The Telegraph . en.
  4. Oxenkrug . Gregory . Healy . David . December 2014 . Merton Sandler . Neuropsychopharmacology . en . 39 . 13 . 3126–3127 . 10.1038/npp.2014.248 . 1740-634X. 4229587 .
  5. Web site: History of the Chapter . Royal Somerset House & Inverness Chapter . 13 January 2018 .
  6. Book: United Grand Lodge of England: Masonic Year Book (edition 2013-2014) . 2013-2014. Grand Officers Alphabetically Arranged . London. UGLE. 2013. 253.
  7. Web site: Limited . Alamy . News - Anna Monika International Prize Joint Winner - Dr Merton Sandler - Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital Stock Photo - Alamy . 2024-04-16 . www.alamy.com . en.
  8. Web site: The British Association for Psychopharmacology Annual Prizes and Awards . 2024-04-16 . www.bap.org.uk.
  9. Web site: Pioneer Award . 2024-04-16 . cinp.org.

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