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Murray Jarvik

Murray Elias Jarvik (June 1, 1923 – May 8, 2008) was an American psychopharmacologist and academic who was among the first scientists to study d-lysergic acid, the precursor to LSD, and later became the co-inventor of the nicotine patch. He was a longtime professor emeritus at University of California-Los Angeles, where he taught as a professor of…

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Known for
Co-inventor of the nicotine patch
Alma mater
University of California, San Francisco · University of California, Berkeley · University of California, Los Angeles · City College of New York
Born
Murray Elias Jarvik (1923-06-01)June 1, 1923 New York City, U.S.
Children
2
Died
May 8, 2008(2008-05-08) (aged 84) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Edward Chace Tolman

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Personal life

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Murray Jarvik

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Alma mater · 4
Murray Jarvik → City College of New York, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco
related to Death · 3
Murray Jarvik → California, May, Santa Monica
Born · 1
Murray Jarvik → Murray Elias Jarvik (1923-06-01)June 1, 1923 New York City, U.S.
Children · 1
Murray Jarvik → 2
Died · 1
Murray Jarvik → May 8, 2008(2008-05-08) (aged 84) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Doctoral advisor · 1
Murray Jarvik → Edward Chace Tolman
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Murray Jarvik → Psychiatry Psychopharmacology
Known for · 1
Murray Jarvik → Co-inventor of the nicotine patch

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Murray JarvikAlma materUniversity of California, San Francisco1.00infobox
Murray JarvikAlma materUniversity of California, Berkeley1.00infobox
Murray JarvikAlma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles1.00infobox
Murray JarvikAlma materCity College of New York1.00infobox
Murray JarvikBornMurray Elias Jarvik (1923-06-01)June 1, 1923 New York City, U.S.1.00infobox
Murray JarvikChildren21.00infobox
Murray JarvikDiedMay 8, 2008(2008-05-08) (aged 84) Santa Monica, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Murray JarvikDoctoral advisorEdward Chace Tolman1.00infobox
Murray JarvikFieldsPsychiatry Psychopharmacology1.00infobox
Murray JarvikKnown forCo-inventor of the nicotine patch1.00infobox
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Murray JarvikThesisA study of some factors involved in probability discrimination (1952)1.00infobox
Murray JarvikWorkplacesUniversity of California, Los Angeles1.00infobox

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