George Edward Briggs

George Edward Briggs (25 June 1893 – 7 February 1985) was a British botanist.

He was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of Walker Thomas and Susan (née Townend) Briggs.[1]

He was Professor of Botany, Cambridge University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935.

He wrote important papers on enzymes.[2] [3]

The standard author abbreviation G.E.Briggs is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ^ Robertson, R. (1986). "George Edward Briggs. 25 June 1893-7 February 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 32: 37–64.  edit
  2. ^ Briggs G. E., Haldane J. B. S. (1925). "A note on the kinetics of enzyme action". Biochem. J. 19 (2): 339–339. PMC 1259181. PMID 16743508. http://www.biochemj.org/bj/019/0338/bj0190338_browse.htm. 
  3. ^ Briggs G. E. (17 April 1926). "The Relation of the Enzymes Trypsin and Pepsin to their Substrates". Biochem. J. 20 (3): 574–579. PMC 1251753. PMID 16743695. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1251753. 
  4. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.