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He credits Dr. John Vane with suggesting angiotensin converting enzyme as a target for research at The Squibb Institute.
He completed his post-doctoral studies under Dr. Brendan Whittle, Sir John Vane and Sir Salvador Moncada at Wellcome Research Laboratories in the UK.
He died on November 19, 2004 in Princess Royal University Hospital, Kent, from long-term complications arising from leg and hip fractures he sustained in May of that year.
On 8 October 1952, he married Lady Davina Cecil, daughter of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter.
During the 1960s a U.K. research team, headed by Professor John Vane began to explore the role of prostaglandins in anaphylaxis and respiratory diseases.