Sir James Whyte Black (June 14, 1924 – March 22, 2010) was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988, sharing it with Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings for his research leading to the discovery of propranolol and cimetidine. He held various academic and research positions, establishing the Department of Physiology at the University of Glasgow, where he studied the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. In 1958, he worked at Imperial Chemical Industries, developing propranolol for treating heart ailments and cimetidine for peptic ulcers.
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Meaning of the name - James
supplanter, he who takes the place of another
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Place of Birth: Uddingston
Place of Death: London
Cause of Death: prostate cancer
Educated At: Beath High School | University of Dundee | University of St Andrews
Occupation: cardiologist | pharmacologist | university teacher | chemist | inventor | pharmacist | physician
Employers: King's College London | Imperial Chemical Industries | University of Glasgow | University College London | University of St Andrews
Awards Received: honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons | honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca | Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London | InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize | Fellow of the Royal Society | Scheele Award | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Ellison–Cliffe Lecture | Canada Gairdner International Award | Knight Bachelor | Royal medal | Wolf Prize in Medicine | Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award | Order of Merit | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on June 14, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for June 14, 2026 |
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| Sun | 23 Gemini 5 | 23 Gemini 25 | 1 Libra 7 |
| Moon | 14 Scorpio 11 | 13 Gemini 53 | 7 Leo 46 |
| Mercury | 2 Gemini 3 | 17 Cancer 51 | 13 Virgo 48 |
| Venus | 17 Cancer 11 | 1 Leo 10 | 15 Leo 44 |
| Mars | 26 Aquarius 12 | 19 Taurus 39 | 25 Aquarius 21 |
| Jupiter | 13 Sagittarius 41 | 26 Cancer 43 | 13 Sagittarius 14 |
| Saturn | 26 Libra 25 | 13 Aries 8 | 1 Scorpio 39 |
| Uranus | 21 Pisces 27 | 2 Gemini 51 | 19 Pisces 3 |
| Neptune | 18 Leo 10 | 4 Aries 16 | 21 Leo 35 |
| Pluto | 11 Cancer 24 | 5 Aquarius 10 | 13 Cancer 28 |
| Rahu | 26 Leo 15 | 3 Pisces 27 | 20 Leo 51 |
| Ketu | 26 Aquarius 15 | 3 Virgo 27 | 20 Aquarius 51 |
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