Rudolph Peters

Sir
Rudolph Peters
Born(1889-04-13)13 April 1889
Kensington
Died29 January 1982(1982-01-29) (aged 92)
Cambridge
NationalityBritish
SpouseFrances Williamina Vérel
AwardsFRS (1935)[1]
Royal Medal (1949)
Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1950)

Sir Rudolph Albert Peters MC MID FRS[1] HFRSE FRCP LLD (13 April 1889 – 29 January 1982) was a British biochemist. He led the research team at Oxford who developed British Anti-Lewisite (BAL), an antidote for the chemical warfare agent lewisite. His efforts investigating the mechanism of arsenic war gases were deemed crucial in maintaining battlefield effectiveness.[2]

  1. ^ a b Thompson, R. H. S.; Ogston, A. G. (1983). "Rudolph Albert Peters. 13 April 1889-29 January 1982". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 29: 494–523. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1983.0018. JSTOR 769811.
  2. ^ Anon (1982). "Obituary". BMJ. 284 (6315): 589–590. doi:10.1136/bmj.284.6315.589. S2CID 220197192.