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Authorised form of nameAbraham; Sir; Edward Penley (1913 - 1999)
Dates1913 - 1999
NationalityBritish
Date of birth10/06/1913
Date of death09/05/1999
ActivityEducation:
King Edward VI School, Southampton (1924-1932); Queen's College, Oxford. MA, DPhil, HonDSc
Career:
Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford (1948); Reader and later Professor of Chemical Pathology, Oxford University (retired 1980); Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College, of Queen's College, of Linacre College, and of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; Founder Member of Royal Society's President's Circle in 1996 founded to recognise lasting contributions of major benefactors. Established EPA Cephalosporin Fund
Honours:
CBE 1973; Kt 1980
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/03/1958
Age at election44
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1973; Mullard Medal 1980
PublishedWorks'Penicillin Fifty Years After Fleming' 1980 A Royal Society Discussion meeting organized with Sir James Baddiley held on 2 and 3 May 1980
SourceBiographical Memoirs, Vol 60 2014 pp 5-22
CodeNA3381
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1958/02Abraham, Sir Edward Penley: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/000018Abraham, Sir Edward Penleynd
PIF/A/3Personal information file: Edward Penley Abraham1986-1999
HWT/25/9Correspondence with Chinese officials, British scientists and Leverhulme Trust regarding renewal of exchanges suspended in 1966March - November 1971
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