Read, B. E. (Bernard Emms), 1887-1949

Bernard E. Read was a pharmacologist who taught at Peking Medical College from 1909 to 1932 and later was Head of Physiological Services and Director of the Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research in Shanghai. Read was an expert on Chinese drugs and wrote widely.

From the description of Bernard and Katherine Read papers, 1902-1964 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702163596

• 1887 May 17: Born in Brighton, England
• 1895 - 1903 : York Place Secondary School
• 1903 - 1909 : Pharmaceutical Training
• 1903 - 1907 : Business training, Hove, Sussex, London
• 1908 - 1909 : College of Pharmacy, M.P.S., Ph.C.
• 1909 - 1915 : Lecturer in Chemistry and Pharmacy, Peking Union Medical College
• 1916 - 1917 : Johns Hopkins Medical School, Biochemistry, with summer classes at Chicago University and Harvard
• 1917 - 1918 : Yale University, Nutrition, M.S.
• 1918: Married Katherine Luella Henderson
• 1918 - 1925 : Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Peking
• 1923 - 1924 : Yale University, Pharmacology, Ph.D
• 1924: University of Chicago, Pathology
• 1925 - 1932 : Professor of Pharmacology, Peking
• 1932 - 1936 : Head of Physiological Sciences, Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research, Shanghai
• 1936: King Gold Medal, Peking Natural History Society
• 1941 - 1945 : Interned by Japanese during WW II
• 1946: Director of Henry Lester Institute
• 1946 - 1949 : Chairman, Chinese Mission to Lepers
• 1947: Chairman, Canadian Aid to China and Nursing Aid Committee, China
• 1932 - 1949 : Member of Union Community Church, Shanghai
• 1949 Jun 13: Died in Shanghai

From the guide to the Bernard and Katherine Read Papers, 1902-1964, (Yale University Divinity School Library)