John Alexander LoraineFRSE FRCPE FIB (14 May 1924 – 14 November 1988) was a Scottish physician and endocrinologist. He wrote widely on human sexuality.
Lifeedit
Loraine was born in Edinburgh on 14 May 1924, the son of Ruth (née Jack) and Lachlan Dempster Loraine.[1] He was educated at George Watson's College then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MB ChB. He did further postgraduate studies, specialising in sexuality and endocrinology and gained both a PhD[2] and DSc. For the degree of DSc he submitted his previously published work, The clinical application of hormone assay.[3]
In 1947 he joined the staff of the Clinical Endocrinology Research Unit. He was promoted to assistant director in 1958 and director in 1961. In 1972 he joined the staff of the University of Edinburgh lecturing in community medicine. In 1978 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Anne McLaren, Roger Valentine Short, Aubrey Manning, Douglas Scott Falconer and H. John Evans.[4]
Fertility and Contraception in the Human Female (1968)
Sex and the Population Crisis (1971)
The Death of Tomorrow (1972)
Understanding Homosexuality (1974)
Syndromes of the 70s (1977)
Global Signposts to the 21st Century (1979)
Referencesedit
^"Loraine, Dr John Alexander, (14 May 1924–14 Nov. 1988), Senior Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine, University of Edinburgh, since 1979", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u166507, ISBN978-0-19-954089-1, retrieved 15 May 2019
^Loraine, John Alexander (1949). The biological assay of chorionic gonadotrophin in relation to problems in clinical medicine. hdl:1842/28450.
^Loraine, John Alexander (1959). Supportive work submitted for degree of doctor of science. hdl:1842/32549.
^ abc(PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
April 18, 2024
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