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Authorised form of nameHarington; Sir; Charles Robert (1897 - 1972)
Dates1897 - 1972
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLlanerfyl, North Wales
Date of birth01 August 1897
Place of deathLondon
Date of death04/02/1972
Research fieldBiochemistry
Medical research
Administration
ActivityEducation:
MA (Cantab); PhD (Edin)
Career:
Reader in Pathological Chemistry in the University of London (University College Hospital Medical School)
Honours:
Kt 1948; KBE 1962
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1931
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1942-1943
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1944
Lectures:
Croonian 1944
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB vol 17 pp 380-381
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1972 vol 18 pp 267-308, plate, by Harold Himsworth and Rosalind Pitt-Rivers
CodeNA2196
Archives associated with this Fellow
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PB/1/33/1/4Nobel Prize1948
IM/GA/WS/1354Harington, Sir Charles Robert1946
HD/25/23Photograph of guests at dinner in honour of 90th birthday of Henry Dale11 June 1965
RR/47/94Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Studies in insulin. II' by E A Harvey, F O Howitt and E B R PrideauxOctober 1932
RR/49/121Second referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'The hœmatin content of horseradish peroxidase' by K A C Elliott and David Keilin[October 1933]
RR/65/226Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Selective neutralisation of the luteinising activity of gonadotrophic extracts by antisera' by I W Rowlands24 May 1938
RR/67/105Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Synthetic oestrogenic compounds related to stilbene and diphenylethane. Part I' by Edward Charles Dodds, L Golberg, W Lawson and Robert Robinson3 February 1939
RR/67/234Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Recovery heat in muscle' by Archibald Vivian Hill to Charles Robert Harington11 May 1939
RR/67/233Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The mechanical efficiency of frog’s muscle' by Archibald Vivian Hill to Charles Robert Harington30 May 1939
RR/69/164Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Histochemistry of the Gram-staining reaction for micro-organisms' by H Henry and Maurice Stacey1945
RR/68/280Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Synthetic oestrogenic compounds related to stilbene and diphenylethane. II' by Edward Charles Dodds, L Golberg, E I Grünfeld, Wilfrid Lawson, C M Saffer and Robert Robinson25 August 1943
EC/1931/07Harington, Sir Charles Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/65/159Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'The distribution of anthocyanins in flowers, fruits and leaves' by William John Cooper Lawrence, James Robert Price, Gertrude Maud Robinson and Robert Robinson14 November 1938
RR/65/172Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Haemocuprein and hepatocuprein, copper-protein compounds of blood and liver in mammals' by T Mann and David KeilinSeptember 1938
RR/48/11Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Studies in insulin - II. Electrometric vibration ad protein character' by G A Harvey, Frederick Oliver Howitt and Edmund Brydges Rudhall Prideaux6 October 1933
RR/45/104Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'Studies in insulin. I.—Kataphoresis of insulin alone and in presence of glucose with some reference to the question of an insulin-glucose reaction in vitro' by Frederick Oliver Howitt and Edmund Brydges Rudhall Prideaux[June 1932]
RR/49/120Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'The hœmatin content of horseradish peroxidase' by K A C Elliott and David Keilin[August 1933]
RR/58/102Referee's report by Charles Robert Harington, on a paper 'The kinetics of muscle haemoglobin' by G A MillikanJanuary 1936
RR/67/83Memorandum from J D Griffiths Davies, Secretary of the Royal Society and abstract of a paper 'Photochemical laws and visual phenomena' by B H Crawford to Charles Robert Harington8 August 1940
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