Murray Jarvik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Murray Jarvik

American pharmacologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1923

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 08-May-2008

Profession: pharmacologist, farmworker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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 psychiatry and pharmacology for many years.