| Authorised form of name | Sanger; Frederick (1918 - 2013) |
| Dates | 1918 - 2013 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Rendcombe, Gloucester, England |
| Date of birth | 13/08/1918 |
| Date of death | 19/11/2013 |
| Research field | Biochemist |
| Activity | Career:
Morgan Stanley Great Briton 2005 (Science and Innovation category)
Honours:
CBE 1963; CH 1981; OM 1986
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1958
Memberships:
Millennium FRSC (2000) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1954 |
| Age at election | 35 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1969; Copley Medal 1977
Lectures:
Croonian 1975 |
| Source | References:
Sir John Meurig Thomas, 'Peterhouse, the Royal Society and molecular biology' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 369-385
R Holliday, 'The early years of molecular biology: personal recollections' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 195-208
Mariana Cook 'Faces of Science' 2005 pp 140-141 Photogrpah and account of how he became a scientist in his own words |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/84811103 |
| Code | NA1911 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004003 | Sanger, Frederick | nd |
| IM/GA/AR/7147 | Sanger, Frederick | nd |
| HWT/24/2/2 | Correspondence and papers regarding Royal Society policy subsequent to the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia | August 1968 - December 1969 |
| IM/GA/WS/4641 | Sanger, Frederick | nd |
| IM/004004 | Sanger, Frederick | nd |
| EC/1954/22 | Sanger, Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |