Person Baddiley; Sir; James (1918-2008); biochemist Baddiley James Sir biochemist 1918 - 2008 British Male Manchester, England 15/05/1918 19180515 19/11/2008 20081119

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Education: Manchester Grammar School and the University of Manchester (BSc 1941, 1st Class Honours in Chemistry, MSc 1942, PhD 1944, DSc 1953; Graduate Research Scholar 1941, Sir Clement Royds Memorial Scholar 1942, Beyer Fellow 1943-4); University of Cambridge (MA 1981, ScD 1986); Honorary DSc, Heriot-Watt University, 1979, University of Bath, 1986. Career: Imperial Chemical Industries Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, 1945-1949; Swedish Medical Research Council Fellow, Wenner-Grens Institute for Cell Biology, Stockholm, 1947-1949. Member of staff, Department of Biochemistry, the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, 1949-1955. Rockefeller Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, USA, 1954. Professor of Organic Chemistry, Kings College, University of Durham 1955-1977 (later University of Newcastle upon Tyne); Karl Folkers Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, 1962; Special Visiting Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1966; Head of the School of Chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1968-1978; Professor of Chemical Microbiology, 1977-1983, now Emeritus, and Director of the Microbiological Chemistry Research Laboratory, 1975-1983, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Science and Engineering Research Council Senior Research Fellow, and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, 1981-1985, later Emeritus. Member: Council, Chemical Society, 1962-1965; Committee, Biochemical Society, 1964-1967; Member, CIBA-Geigy Fellowship Advisory Board, 1967-1988; Council, Society for General Microbiology, 1973-1975; Council, Science and Engineering Research Council, 1979-1981 (Enzyme Chemistry and Technology Committee, 1972-1975; Biological Sciences Committee, 1976-1979; Science Board, 1979-1981); Council, Royal Society, 1977-1979. Editorial Boards, Biochemical Preparations, 1960-1970, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1970-1977. Cambridge Studies in Biotechnology, 1985-1994; Vice President, Alzheimers Research Trust since 1994. Honours and awards: Meldola Medal, Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1947; Corday-Morgan Medal, Chemical Society, 1952; Tilden Lecturer, Chemical Society, 1959; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1961; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1962; Leeuwenhoeck Lecturer, Royal Society, 1967; Davy Medal, Royal Society, 1974; Pedler Lecturer, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1978; Endowment Lecturer, Bose Institute, Calcutta, 1980; Honorary Member, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Kt 1977 Royal Society roles: Council: 1977-1979 Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1974 Lectures: Leeuwenhoek 1967 Fellow 16/03/1961 42 Biography: Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society, Volume 56 2010, pp 4-23 by T W Meade ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'Penicillin Fifty Years After Fleming' 1980 Royal Society Discussion meeting organized with E.P. Abraham held on 2 and 3 May 1980 15 May 1918 - NA2249 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 06/05/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes f99e31d0-3130-4444-afe8-cad399d1bc6f