| Miles Weatherall | |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Pharmacologist |
| Employer: | London Hospital Medical College |
Professor Miles Weatherall (1920-2007) was a British pharmacologist.
He studied medicine at Oriel College, qualifying in 1943.[1]
He was Professor of Pharmacology at London Hospital Medical College, University of London (1958 to 1966), and subsequently Professor Emeritus; Head of Therapeutics Research Division and a director of the Wellcome Research Laboratories, from 1967 to 1975. He also served as a Medicines Commissioner from 1979 to 1981, as editor of the British Journal of Pharmacology,[2] and was a contributor to New Scientist.[3] and to The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine.[4]
He was married to the former Josephine Ogston, who collaborated with him, and also conducted research on fetal physiology, medical statistics and health services research, becoming a founding member and project leader for international initiatives.[5] They had three children.