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Authorised form of nameGraham; Alastair (1906 - 2000)
Dates1906 - 2000
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCostorphine, near Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Date of birth06/11/1906
Place of deathReading, Berkshire
Date of death12/12/2000
Research fieldZoology
Molluscs
ActivityEducation:
Royal High School, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University. MA (1927); BSc Zoology (1929); DSc (1944, London)
Career:
Lecturer in Zoology, Sheffield University (1929-1933); Reader in Zoology (1933-1947), later Head of Department (1943-1947), Birkbeck College, London; Professor of Zoology, London University (1947-1952); Chairman, London University Board of Studies in Zoology; Professor of Zoology, Reading University (1952-1972); Deputy Vice-Chancellor (1964-1968); retired (1972)
Memberships:
Malacological Society of London (President 1954-1957)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/03/1979
Age at election72
RelationshipsSon of two school teachers.
Married: 1) (1932) Gwynneth Hayes, two sons; 2) (1985) Elizabeth Andrews
SourceSources:
Independent obituary 19/01/2001
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 129-150, plate, by E B Andrews and J A Allen
CodeNA7869
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1979/14Graham, Alastair: certificate of election to the Royal Society1978
IM/GA/RGRS/8137Graham, Alastair1979
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