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Benedict Delisle Burns

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Benedict Delisle Burns
Born1915 (1915)
Died2001 (aged 85–86)
Alma mater
OccupationNeurophysiologist
FatherC. Delisle Burns
Scientific career
Institutions

Benedict Delisle Burns FRS (1915–2001) was a neurophysiologist and a pioneer of operations research and of the statistical analysis of neuronal activity.

He studied at Tübingen University, and King's College Cambridge. He worked at National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), and McGill University.[1]

He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Richards, Christopher D.; Bliss, Timothy V. P. (2020). "Benedict Delisle Burns. 22 February 1915—6 September 2001". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 68: 49–70. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2019.0049. S2CID 212114169.