| Authorised form of name | Fincham; John Robert Stanley (1926 - 2005) |
| Dates | 1926 - 2005 |
| Place of birth | Southgate, Middlesex |
| Date of birth | 11/08/1926 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |
| Date of death | 09/02/2005 |
| Occupation | Geneticist |
| Research field | Biochemical genetics |
| Microbial genetics |
| Activity | Education:
Hertford Grammar School; Peterhouse, Cambridge read Natural Sciences, PhD at Botany School, Cambridge working for one year at California Institute of Technology with Sterling Emerson
Career:
Bye-Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge (1949-1950), Professorial Fellow (1984-1991), Emeritus; Lecturer in Botany, University College, Leicester (1950-1954), Reader in Genetics (1954-1960); Head of Department of Genetics, John Innes Institute (1960-1966); Professor of Genetics, Leeds University (1966-1976); Editor, 'Heredity' (1971-1978); Buchanan Professor of Genetics, Edinburgh University (1976-1984), Honorary Fellow, Division of Biology (1992-2005); Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, Cambridge University (1984-1991), Emeritus; awarded Emil Christian Hansen Medal (1977)
Memberships:
FRSE; President, Genetical Society (1978-1981)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1969 |
| Age at election | 42 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1974-1976, 1984-1985 |
| Relationships | Married (1950) Ann Emerson |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 83-95, plate, by Robin Holliday and Richard B Flavell
References:
R Holliday, 'The early years of molecular biology: personal recollections' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 195-208 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/100952208 |
| Code | NA3941 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001415 | Fincham, John Robert Stanley | mid 1960s |
| EC/1969/08 | Fincham, John Robert Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |