Former reader in physiology Oxford University and emeritus fellow Brasenose College (b 1920; q Oxford 1943; DM), died from complications of renal failure on 11 May 2002.
George Gordon was elected a fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1948 and devoted himself to tutoring future medical and physiology students and to research on touch and pain pathways. His studies on lateral inhibition in the gracile and cuneate medullary nuclei remain central to our understanding of the principles of somatosensory physiology, as does his concept of “active touch,” which gave the title to a 1978 volume he edited. This was remarkable for its multidisciplinary approach, reflecting his particularly broad view of neuroscience. He became a university reader in 1976 and retired from his fellowship in 1987. He leaves a wife, Peggy; and two children.
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