Professor Ian Alexander Shanks
FREng FRS FRSE
Fellow , Elected 1992 , Scotland
Listed by the Academy’s directory under University of Glasgow
Ian Alexander Shanks is a British scientist who invented the technology behind the digital blood glucose meter in 1982, working on his own time while employed at Unilever.
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- Identity
Likely (grade C) , two independent sources state they are a Fellow , Wikidata , 30 Sep 2026 , royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026
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Wikidata , 30 Sep 2026 , records them as a Fellow of the Academy
royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026 , states they are a Fellow
- Directory entry, Listed under
RAEng directory , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence
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Wikipedia , 30 Sep 2026 , via API , CC BY-SA 4.0 , medium confidence
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Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , CC BY-SA 4.0 , high confidence
Wikipedia: Wikidata , 30 Sep 2026 , via API , CC0 , high confidence
Wikidata: Wikidata , 30 Sep 2026 , via API , CC0 , medium confidence