Paul Fatt (13 January 1924 – 28 September 2014) was a British

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, who was a professor at

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. With Bernard Katz, he developed the "quantal hypothesis" for

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Personal life

Paul married three times: Ione Copplestone (1926-2016) with whom he had three children: Michael (1954), Laura (1955), Harriet (1957); Gertrude Falk (1926–2008) with whom he had one child, Ilsa; and Carla Wartenberg fom 1985 till his death.

References

Jonathan F. Ashmore, PAUL FATT 13 January 1924 — 28 September 2014, in: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2016.0005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fatt, Paul 1924 births 2014 deaths Academics of University College London British neuroscientists Fellows of the Royal Society