Simon Campbell
{{short description|British chemist}}
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| name = Sir Simon Campbell
| birth_name = Simon Fraser Campbell
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|03|27}}
| birth_place = Lapal, England, United Kingdom
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- Pfizer
- Astex{{cite web |url=https://opencorporates.com/officers/55876563 |title=SIMON FRASER CAMPBELL (Director) :: OpenCorporates |access-date=2015-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101222649/https://opencorporates.com/officers/55876563 |archive-date=2015-01-01 }}}}
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| alma_mater = University of Birmingham (BSc, PhD)
| thesis_title = Elimination processes in polyfluorocycloalkanes
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| thesis_year = 1966
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}}Sir Simon Fraser Campbell (born 27 March 1941) is a British chemist.
Early life and education
Campbell was born on 27 March 1941 in Lapal, England.{{cite web | title=Dr Simon Campbell receives CBE at Buckingham Palace | website=Royal Society of Chemistry | date=14 December 2006 | url=https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2006/12-december/simon-campbell-cbe/ | access-date=14 January 2023}} He obtained a first-class BSc degree in Chemistry in 1962, a PhD degree in 1965, and an honorary DSc degree in 2004 from the University of Birmingham .
Career
He was President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2004 to 2006.{{Cite journal |pmid = 16918018 |year = 2006 |last1 = Campbell |first1 = S |title = Simon Campbell CBE, FMed Sci, FRS. Interview by Joanna Owens |journal = Nature Reviews Drug Discovery |volume = 5 |issue = 8 |pages = 626 |doi = 10.1038/nrd2116 |s2cid = 38734548 |doi-access = free}} He led innovative research, discovering some of the world's best-selling prescription drugs, including sildenafil, amlodipine, and doxazosin.{{cite journal |title=Scientist who developed Viagra receives knighthood in New Year’s Honours |journal=The Pharmaceutical Journal |publisher=Royal Pharmaceutical Society |year=2014 |issn=2053-6186 |doi=10.1211/pj.2014.20067494 |url=https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/scientist-who-developed-viagra-receives-knighthood-in-new-years-honours}} He was visiting lecturer at Universidade de São Paulo.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} He was a medicinal chemist for Pfizer.{{cite web|author=Simon Campbell C.B.E F.R.S Ph.D. |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=693816&privcapId=156645&previousCapId=1318957&previousTitle=Chroma%20Therapeutics%20Ltd |title=Astex Therapeutics Limited: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |access-date=2011-12-01}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He was visiting professor at University of Leeds, and on the advisory board of University of Kent, and University of Bristol.{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/20688/Simon%20Fraser+CAMPBELL.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728175436/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/20688/Simon%20Fraser+CAMPBELL.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-28 |title=Dr Simon Campbell, CBE, FRS, FMedSci Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Dr Simon Campbell, CBE, FRS, FMedSci Profile |publisher=Debretts.com |date=1941-03-27 |access-date=2011-12-01 }}
Awards and honours
Campbell was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to chemistry,{{London Gazette|issue=61092 |supp=y|page=N2|date=31 December 2014}}[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf 2015 New Year Honours List] having previously been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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Category:Fellows of the Royal Society
Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Category:Presidents of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)