Chauncey Depew Leake (September 5, 1896 – January 11, 1978) was an American pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicist. Leake received a bachelor's degree with majors in
biology,
chemistry, and
philosophy from
Princeton University.[1] He received his M.S. (1920) and Ph.D. (1923) from the
University of Wisconsin in pharmacology and physiology.[2]
Leake married the microbiologist Elisabeth Wilson in 1921, and they collaborated for many years. They had two sons and remained married until her death in 1977.[4][5]
Leake discovered the anesthetic
divinyl ether. One of his publications was a translation of the 1628 physiological work De motu cordis (On the Motion of the Heart) from Latin to English.
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abAltman, Lawrence K. (13 Jan 1978). "Dr. Chauncey D. Leake Dies at 81; Pharmacologist and Administrator: Development of Amphetamines Popularizer of Science Gave Up Research". The New York Times.