Person Abraham; Sir; Edward Penley (1913 - 1999); biochemist Abraham Edward Penley Sir biochemist 1913 - 1999 British Male 47 South View Road, Shirley, Southampton, England, United Kingdom 10 June 1913 19130610 Oxford, England, United Kingdom 09 May 1999 19990509 Marriage: Bergen, Norway, Europe

Biochemist Chemistry Biochemistry Education: 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; died following a stroke. Honours: CBE 1973; Kt 1980 Awards/Medals: Scheele Award in 1975 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1983 Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Exeter 1980 Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Oxford 1984 Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Strathclyde 1989 Parents: Albert Penley Abraham, a customs and exciseofficer, and Maria Agnes Abraham, née Hearne, daughter of a jour-neyman carpenter. Siblings: Mary Abraham (b. 1917). Spouse: (m. 1 November 1939) Asbjørg Harung. Distinguished as an organic chemist and biochemist. He played a prominent part in the isolation of penicillin -1 and the determination of its chemical structure, and has recently discovered and characterised a penicillin of a new type. He was a co-discoverer of the enzyme penicillinase. Together with his colleagues he has isolated and studied numerous antibacterial substances from natural sources, and has thrown light on the structures and antibacterial activities of several families of new polypeptides, including the bacitracins and nisins. His work has also helped to establish the structure of the coenzyme alloxazine-adenine dinucleotide and to elucidate the metabolism of trytophan in the body. Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1973; Mullard Medal 1980 Fellow 20/03/1958 44 Norman Wingate Pirie John Warcup Cornforth Richard Laurence Millington Synge Dorothy Hodgkin Arthur Herbert Cook Ian Morris Heilbron Alexander Robertus Todd Rudolph A Peters Joshua Harold Burn Paul Fildes Howard Walter Florey Robert Robinson Biographical Memoirs, Vol 60 2014 pp 5-22 Abraham E P, IM000018.jpg 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 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2014.0002 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Abraham%2C+Edward+Penley RCN 16444 RCN 16445 RCN R72214 RCN 51677 RCN R71537 10 Jun 1913 - 9 May 1999 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 22/05/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3381 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 9a56de0b-6bde-4870-ad72-785172b054f7