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	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Jam-James C) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the USA, for four months during 1881, until he was assassinated by a former supporter, Gitto, armed with a British-made Bulldog revolver.
		James Buchanan was the fifteenth president of the USA from 1857 to 1861.
		Sir James Clark Ross was an English admiral and Antarctic explorer.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C7AA.HTM (1462 words)

	Sir James Black and Propranolol: The Role of the Basic Sciences in the History of Cardiovascular Pharmacology - The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sir James perceived links between clinical medicine and academic pharmacology and approached the clinical problem not from the bedside, but from the laboratory.
		Sir James's accomplishment, however, was not limited to the clinical impact of the drug.
		Sir James was relatively new in the world of industrial pharmacology at the time of his discovery, and his experiences in academic and industrial settings since that time have shaped his current approach to research.
	www.tmc.edu /thi/sirjames.html (4353 words)

	William Hazlitt's Essay from The Spirit of the Age, "Sir James MacKintosh."
		Sir James is by education and habit, and we were going to add, by the original turn of his mind, a college-man; and perhaps he would have passed his time most happily and respectably, had he devoted himself entirely to that kind of life.
		Sir James has, since this period and with the help of practice, lowered himself to the tone of the House, and has also applied himself to questions more congenial to his habits of mind, and where the success would be more likely to be proportioned to his zeal and his exertions.
		Sir James is at present said to be engaged in writing a History of England after the downfall of the house of Stuart.
	www.blupete.com /Literature/Essays/Hazlitt/SpiritAge/MacKintosh.htm (2818 words)

	Black, Sir James
		Black's drug discoveries arose out of his systematic research on the interactions between certain cell receptors in the body and chemicals in the bloodstream that attach to them.
		Black wanted to find a drug that would relieve angina pectoris, i.e., the spasms of intense pain felt in the chest when the heart is not receiving enough oxygen.
		Black used a similar approach to develop a drug treatment for stomach and duodenal ulcers, which are largely caused by the stomach's oversecretion of gastric acids.
	school.eb.com /nobel/micro/71_40.html (347 words)

	Articles - James W. Black (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sir James Whyte Black, OM, FRS (born 14 July 1924) is a Scottish born Pharmacologist who invented Propranolol, synthesized Cimetidine and received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for these landmark discoveries.
		Black was educated at the University of St Andrews, where he studied biology.
		Sir James Black contributed to basic scientific and clinical knowledge in cardiology, both as a physician and as a basic scientist.
	www.x-moto.net /articles/Sir_James_Black (274 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (Sa-Sl)
		Sir George Gabriel Stokes was an Irish mathematician and physicist to whom is due the modern theory of viscuous fluids and the discovery that rays beyond the violet end of the spectrum produce flourescence in certain substances.
		Sir James George Frazer was a British scholar and anthropologist.
		Sir Richard Steele was an Irish author, founder, editor and, with Addison, chief contributor of The Tatler and The Spectator.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/CD.HTM (8953 words)

	Black Douglas and the battle of Teba
		The first that attracted my attention (besides the magnificent castle of the Star) was that Sir james Douglas was perfectly known by everybody in the town and that his death in action is the most important event happened at the Village of Teba.
		Sir James Douglas, asked the king for the honour of taking him to the fight, and the king thanked profusely his desire.
		Once in Scotland, The poor Sir James' bones were buried at the Kirk of Douglas and the casket containing the Bruce's heart, was carried to Melrose Abbey, where it remains till today.
	www.lilliputmodel.com /articulos/rabanal/black_douglas/black_douglas_ing.htm (1588 words)

	MSN Encarta - Black, Sir James Whyte
		Black shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with American biochemists Gertrude Belle Elion and George Herbert Hitchings.
		Black fabricated chemical compounds that could also bind with receptors, but have no effect on the cells themselves.
		In 1981 Black was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England for his service to medical research.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761582695_1/commercial_use.html (346 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Black Sir James Whyte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Black, Sir James Whyte (1924-â), Scottish pharmacologist who developed the drugs propranolol and cimetidine for the treatment of angina and peptic...
		Sir James Douglas, called the Black Douglas, assisted King Robert Bruce in the great victory over the English at the Battle of Bannockburn (1314)....
		Brooke, Sir James (1803-1868), British army officer and explorer, later raja of Sarawak, born in Varanasi, India.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Black_Sir_James_Whyte.html (113 words)

	On campus
		Sir James shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for his contributions to pharmacology, most notably his development of beta adrenergic receptor antagonists (beta blockers), a commonly prescribed medication for hypertension and heart disease.
		Sir James' innovation was to take this idea and develop drugs that were tailor-made for specific targets and therefore disease states.
		Sir James' accomplishment, Bowie said, "made a lot of money for a lot of people," but was more than just a cash cow.
	www.mcgill.ca /reporter/37/01/oncampus (839 words)

	How beta-blockers came to be
		Sir James Black â” Nobel Prize laureate for medicine in 1988 â” highlighted many of these contributions, including his own award-winning research, in a Mini Beatty Lecture at McGill last month.
		Black invented beta-blockers, an adrenaline receptorâ“blocking drug that save the lives of countless heart disease patients around the world.
		No doubt Sir James wished he had a pack of his famous drug handy as he addressed a packed auditorium in the Stewart Biology Building for the first of two lectures.
	www.mcgill.ca /reporter/37/03/black (735 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Jeans Sir James Hopwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jeans, Sir James Hopwood (1877-1946), British mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, best known for his successful application of mathematics to...
		Brooke, Sir James (1803-1868), British army officer and explorer, later raja of Sarawak, born in VÄrÄnasi (Benares), India.
		Chadwick, Sir James (1891-1974), British physicist and Nobel laureate, who is best known for his discovery in 1932 of one of the fundamental...
	encarta.msn.com /Jeans_Sir_James_Hopwood.html (188 words)

	Articles - James Douglas (the Black) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sir James Douglas (the Good, 'the Black Douglas'), ( 1286 - August 25, 1330), was a Scottish soldier and knight who fought in the Scottish Wars of Independence.
		James was sent to France for safety in the early days of the Wars of Independence, and was educated in Paris.
		Before he died in 1329, Robert the Bruce made it his last request that Sir James, as his oldest and most esteemed companion in arms, should carry his heart to the holy land, and deposit it in the holy sepulchre at Jerusalem.
	www.greensky.biz /articles/James_Douglas_(the_Black)?mySession=4a726b1bcb5d10cda7da7261005bee9e (676 words)

	Black Douglas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sir William failed to hand over his hostages so he was imprisoned in Douglas Tower, Berwick until 1296 and then the Tower of London from 1297 until his death.
		Sir James was a favourite General of King Robert the BRUCE.
		Sir James was a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath.
	home.austarnet.com.au /dfgoonan/DOUGLASBlack.htm (737 words)

	Sir James George Frazer
		James never liked Liverpool and soon became disgruntled, he disliked the noise and bustle of the large industrial city and longed for the tranquility, peace and quiet of tended parks and gardens in Cambridge.
		Sir James and Lady Frazer spend the war years sequester in a small flat in the Middle Temple, London to which Sir James’s nominal membership of the bar entitled him.
		Sir James was a prolific writer through the course of his lifetime, not only of books but also as a translator of old manuscript’s from Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
	www.controverscial.com /Sir%20James%20George%20Frazer.htm (1657 words)

	manire/gra - pafg24 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Douglas [Earl of Morton] was born about 1426 in Of, Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland.
		James Dunbar [Sheriff of Moray] was born about 1420 in Of, Westfield, Morayshire, Scotland.
		James "Black Knight Of Lorn" Stewart [Sir Knight] was born about 1383 in Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland.
	webpages.charter.net /fmschaller/maniregra/pafg24.htm (597 words)

	KCL: Queen awards Sir James Black the Order of Merit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sir James Black, Emeritus Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at King's College London, and Chairman of the James Black Foundation, is among the four new appointments to the Order of Merit.
		Sir James, 76, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988.
		The James Black Foundation, founded in 1988, is funded by Johnson & Johnson.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /about/news/ni/1105200001.html (310 words)

	James Black - College History - King's College London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sir James is credited with introducing analytical pharmacology as a new way of thinking to the process of drug development.
		Whereas the starting point for creating new pharmaceutical therapies was generally to chemically modify natural products and test the result, his approach was based on an understanding of how cells use messenger molecules to communicate with each other.
		He is now Chairman of the James Black Foundation based at Half Moon Lane in Denmark Hill.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /college/history/people/black.html (178 words)

	Bad teeth blamed on unhealthy adult lifestyle Chancellor dubs nephew with his degree
		A portrait of University of Dundee Chancellor Sir James Black by an artist who has painted Nelson Mandela's portrait will be presented to him before this summer's first graduation ceremony.
		Sir James' nephew, Euan Black, who is heading off to New York City for a two month design internship with C2 Creative on 5th Avenue is graduating with a 2:1 and his qualification from the Institute for Typographic Design * a society which has only 400 members worldwide.
		Sir James Black, who celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this month, has been Chancellor of the University of Dundee for eleven years.
	www.hero.ac.uk /media_relations/6872.cfm (523 words)

	Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Black is recognized for his seminal work on the mechanisms of hormone receptor activation and inhibition.
		Black is currently Emeritus Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at King's College Hospital Medical School.
		Black was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1989 for his work in pharmotherapeutic potential of receptor blocking drugs and was knighted by the Queen of England in 1981.
	www.syntapharma.com /documents/news030204.htm (646 words)

	History: Sir James Douglas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Douglas was born in Demerara, British Guiana (presently known as Guyana) in 1803.
		At the age of twelve, he was taken to Lanark for schooling and at age 16 he was apprenticed to the North West Company and entered the Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) employ on the merger of the two companies in 1821.
		After his term as governor, Sir James Douglas continued to reside in Victoria until his death August 2, 1877.
	www.islandnet.com /~bcbhas/hist-1.htm (1089 words)

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		SIR JAMES W. and GEORGE H. for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
		SIR JOHN CAREW ECCLES, SIR ALAN LLOYD HODGKIN and SIR ANDREW FIELDING HUXLEY for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
		SIR RONALD ROSS for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful resesarch on this disease and methods of combating it.
	orel.rsl.ru /archiv/nob_med.htm (2006 words)

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		Sir James Black, Doctor of Science Sir James Black, professor emeritus of analytical chemistry and head of the James Black Foundation at Kings College, London, England, is an internationally renowned pharmacologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1988.
		Chancellor of the University of Dundee, Scotland, since 1992, Black is credited with the development of two of the most widely prescribed drugs in the world: propranolol, for the treatment of hypertension, and cimetidine, for peptic ulcers and gastric reflux disease.
		Black’s scientific contributions have been recognized with numerous awards, including knighthood in 1981.
	www.osu.edu /osu/newsrel/Archive/97-08-19_Seven_to_be_honored_at_commencement (1681 words)

	Stewart of Atholl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Even though he was already married to the Queen Dowager, Sir John fell in love and began an affair with the daughter of MacLAREN of Ardvech.
		The 3rd Earl of Atholl was visited by James V, James’; mother Queen Margaret, and a papal ambassador in 1529.
		During the royal hunt James V slew 30 score of hart and hynd.
	home.austarnet.com.au /dfgoonan/STEWARTAthollpg.htm (503 words)

	Trafford Publishing: A Douglas! A Douglas! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As well as a passion for the life of The Good Sir James Douglas, his other interests are the Scottish countryside, wildlife, photography and classical music.
		As they made their way up the muddy pathway, young James caught his first sight of an English soldier since his father was taken.
		With his head still bowed, young James Douglas heard the King hiss 'Douglas!' The King's rage was fearful to behold as he continued, 'Sir Bishop, your position protects you.
	www.trafford.com /robots/04-0240.html (2591 words)

	Steel Family Genealogy
		Sir Colin Campbell (son) (4th cousin of James V of Scotland) m.
		Sir Robert Campbell (6th cousin of James VI of Scotland who was also King James I of England) m.
		Sir Colin Campbell (father) (3rd cousin of James IV of Scotland) m.
	www.geocities.com /7life/gen2.html (742 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Education - Nobel Scot warns study of sciences is in crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sir James Black, awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, fears that not enough students are being encouraged to study science.
		His concerns were raised at the start of National Science Week and followed a nationwide survey which found the British public believes science remains important to modern society.
		Sir James Black is speaking at Science Goes Shopping at Princes Square, Glasgow, from 11am to 3pm today.
	news.scotsman.com /education.cfm?id=275992005 (521 words)

	Sunday Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Black, who will be 80 next year, is in the process of moving office.
		Black is most famous for developing the beta-blocker, a drug which revolutionised the treatment of heart problems.
		Black was “adequate” at school, which must offer some hope to late developers.
	www.sundayherald.com /print39426 (1662 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Black Sir James Whyte
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		Black, Sir James Whyte, born in 1924, British pharmacologist and Nobel Prize winner.
		The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes for biography and fiction were established in 1918 and are awarded by the Department of English Literature at...
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