Roy Markham FRS (29 January, 1916 - 16 November 1979) was a British plant pathologist.[1]
He studied bacteriology at Christ's College, Cambridge. He married Margaret Mullen, in September 1940. He earned a PhD in 1944, where he studied with Norman Pirie, and K. M. Smith. He helped James D. Watson in his research. He was appointed John Innes Professor of Cell Biology, at University of East Anglia. He was director of the John Innes Centre from 1967 to 1980. [2]