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Jeffrey Barry Harborne (1 September 1928-21 July 2002) was the Professor of Botany at the University of Reading, 1976-93, then Professor emeritus. He specialised in phytochemistry. He contributed to more than 40 books and 270 research papers and was a pioneer in ecological biochemistry, particularly in the complex chemical language between plants, microbes and insects.
[edit] Education
- Biochemist, John Innes Institute, 1955-65
- Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, 1965-68
- Reader, University of Reading, 1968-76
- Visiting Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1976
- Visiting Professor, University of California, 1977
He was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Phytochemistry, 1972-98.
[edit] Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1956
- Fellow of the Biochemical Society, 1957
- Plenary Lecturer, IUPAC Natural Products Symposium, 1976
- Gold Medal in Botany, Linnean Society, 1985
- Fellow of the Linnean Society, 1986
- Silver Medal, Phytochemical Society of Europe, 1986
- Silver Medal, International Society of Chemical Ecology, 1993
- Fellow of the Institute of Biology, 1994
- Fellow of the Royal Society, 1995
[edit] Publications
- Biochemistry of Phenolic Compounds, 1964
- Comparative Biochemistry of the Flavonoids, 1967
- Phytochemical Phylogeny, 1970
- Phytochemical Ecology, 1972
- Phytochemical Methods, 1973, 3rd edn 1998
- Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry, 1977, 4th edn 1993
- Phytochemical Aspects of Plant and Animal Coevolution, 1978
- Plant Chemosystematics, 1984
- The Flavonoids: advances in research since 1986, 1994
[edit] Publications with Herbert Baxter
- Phytochemical Dictionary, 1993, 2nd edn 1999
- Dictionary of Plant Toxins, 1996
- The Handbook of Flavonoid Pigments, 1999
- The Handbook of Natural Flavonoids, 1999
- Chemical Dictionary of Economic Plants, 2001
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