The Sheild Professorship of Pharmacology is the senior professorship in pharmacology at the University of Cambridge. It is named in honour of Marmaduke Sheild. The position was originally established on 7 June 1946 as a personal chair for the tenure of Ernest Basil Verney. On 11 March 1961 the professorship was re-established on a permanent basis. List of Sheild Professors of Pharmacology 1946–1962 Ernest Basil Verney 1962–1971 Arnold Burgen 1973–1978 Gustav Victor Rudolf Born 1979–1999 Alan Cuthbert 1999–2013 Peter Anthony McNaughton 2017 John Michael Edwardson References Pharmacology, Sheild Pharmacology Faculty of Biology, University of Cambridge 1961 establishments in England