Sir James Whyte Black was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings, he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for pioneering strategies for rational drug-design, which, in his case, led to the development of propranolol and cimetidine. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and, while there, developed propranolol, a beta blocker used for the treatment of heart disease. Black was also responsible for the development of cimetidine, an H2 receptor antagonist, a drug used to treat stomach ulcers.
James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)
On June 14, in the year 1924, James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of June 14, one of 375 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on June 14, 1924 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
- Referenced in 2 Wikipedia articles.
- 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
- Wikipedia source last updated on 10 April 2026.
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