Don Northcote
Born(1921-12-27)27 December 1921
Died7 January 2004(2004-01-07) (aged 82)
Alma materUniversity of London
Awardsfellow of the Royal Society,
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Donald Henry Northcote,[1] FRS (27 December 1921 – 7 January 2004) was a 20th-century British academic.[2]

Life

Northcote was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School (1933–38). He graduated from University of London.[3]

He was a Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry[4] at the University of Cambridge;[5] then Reader from 1965 to 1972; and Professor from 1972 to 1989.[6] He was also an Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.[7]

References

  1. ^ Photo of Northcote
  2. ^ Nature.com
  3. ^ Crompton, D. W. T. (30 December 2019). "Donald Henry Northcote. 27 December 1921—7 January 2004". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 67: 357–370. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2019.0020.
  4. ^ "Wandering in the Gardens of the Mind: Peter Mitchell and the Making of Glynn" Prebble, J/Weber, B p45: Oxford;OUP; 2003 ISBN 0195142667
  5. ^ The First Floor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (1952–58) By Brian S. Hartley
  6. ^ "Northcote, Donald Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (July 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 August 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ College web-site

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Academic offices Preceded byJohn Wilfrid Linnett Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1975–1992 Succeeded byGabriel Horn


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