Douglas Harold Copp
Douglas Harold Copp | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 16, 1915 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | March 17, 1998 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | Gairdner Foundation International Award (1967) Flavelle Medal (1972) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Douglas Harold Copp CC FRS FRSC (January 16, 1915 – March 17, 1998) was a Canadian scientist who discovered and named the hormone calcitonin, which is used in the treatment of bone disease.
Early life and education
[edit]Douglas Harold Copp was born in Toronto, Ontario, on January 16, 1915.[1]
He received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1939 and his PhD in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1943.
Career
[edit]In 1950 Copp became the first head of the physiology department in the newly-established Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.[2]
Recognition, honours and legacy
[edit]- In 1967 he received the Gardner International Award jointly with the British endocrinologist Iain Macintyre who had sequenced calcitonin and showed it originated in the thyroid gland.[3]
- He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- In 1971 he was elected fellow of both the Royal Society
- In 1971 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1980.[4]
- In 1972 he was awarded the Flavelle Medal Award of the Royal Society of Canada.[2]
- In 1980 he was made Companion of the Order of Canada[5]
- In 1994 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.[2]
- In 2000 he was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.[6]
- From 2001 until 2009, the International Bone and Mineral Society awarded the biennial D. Harold Copp Award, named in honour of Copp.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Hill, Krista (2011). "Douglas Harold Copp fonds" (PDF). Compiled by Krista Hill (2007); Revised by Jennifer Pecho (2009), and Emma Wendel (2010); Last revised October 2011. University of British Columbia Archives.
- ^ a b c "UBC Archives - Senate Tributes - C". www.library.ubc.ca. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ Martin, T. John (December 31, 2012). "Iain MacIntyre. 30 August 1924 — 18 September 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 58: 179–201. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0025.
- ^ The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. "The Governor General of Canada". archive.gg.ca. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ "Douglas Harold Copp, MD". CMHF. January 16, 1915. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: The Hall". Archived from the original on November 9, 2014., Canada Science and Technology Museum.
- ^ "IBMS Society Awards". IBMS. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1998 deaths
- Canadian biochemists
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Canadian fellows of the Royal Society
- Scientists from Toronto
- Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
- UC Berkeley College of Chemistry alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- 20th-century Canadian biologists