David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel

David Hebert Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel OBE ( ; born 8 July 1922) is the grandson of Herbert Samuel and thus also a second cousin of Rosalind Franklin . He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War in India, Burma and Sumatra, reaching the rank of captain. He then commenced a distinguished academic career, and was one of the founding fathers of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science . Late in his career, his scientific interests moved from physical chemistry (particularly chemical kinetics ) to neurobiology . He is the author of the book Memory: How We Use It, Lose It and Can Improve It . ]. v t e

Samuel was the son of Edwin Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel , and the grandson of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel . He was a second cousin of Rosalind Franklin . He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford , and served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War in India, Burma and Sumatra, reaching the rank of captain. He then commenced a distinguished academic career, and was one of the founding fathers of the faculty of chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science . Late in his career, his scientific interests moved from physical chemistry (particularly chemical kinetics ) to neurobiology . He was the author of over 300 publications as well as the book Memory: How We Use It, Lose It and Can Improve It .

Samuel was the son of Edwin Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel , and the grandson of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel . He was a second cousin of Rosalind Franklin . He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford , and served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War in India, Burma and Sumatra, reaching the rank of captain. He then commenced a distinguished academic career, and was one of the founding fathers of the faculty of chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science . Late in his career, his scientific interests moved from physical chemistry (particularly chemical kinetics ) to neurobiology . He was the author of over 300 publications as well as the book Memory: How We Use It, Lose It and Can Improve It .

Samuel was the son of Edwin Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel , and the grandson of the British-Jewish diplomat Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel . He was a second cousin of Rosalind Franklin . He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford , and served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War in India, Burma and Sumatra, reaching the rank of captain. He then commenced a distinguished academic career, and was one of the founding fathers of the faculty of chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science . Late in his career, his scientific interests moved from physical chemistry (particularly chemical kinetics ) to neurobiology . He was the author of over 300 publications as well as the book Memory: How We Use It, Lose It and Can Improve It . From 14 November 1978 until 11 November 1999 he was a member of the British House of Lords , although his only appearance in the official record, Hansard , was taking his oath in 1995. This made him the only Israeli who ever served in this capacity.

Anglo-Israeli chemist & neurobiologist (1922-2014) For other people with the same name, see David Samuel (disambiguation) . David Herbert Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel OBE ( Hebrew : דוד הרברט סמואל ; 8 July 1922 – 7 October 2014 ) was an Anglo - Israeli chemist and neurobiologist. Samuel was the son of Edwin Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel , and the grandson of the British-Jewish diplomat Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel . He was a second cousin of Rosalind Franklin . He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford , and served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War in India, Burma and Sumatra, reaching the rank of captain. He then commenced a distinguished academic career, and was one of the founding fathers of the faculty of chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science . Late in his career, his scientific interests moved from physical chemistry (particularly chemical kinetics ) to neurobiology . He was the author of over 300 publications as well as the book Memory: How We Use It, Lose It and Can Improve It . From 14 November 1978 until 11 November 1999 he was a member of the British House of Lords , although his only appearance in the official record, Hansard , was taking his oath in 1995. This made him the only Israeli who ever served in this capacity.