Roy Markham

Roy Markham FRS[1] (29 January 1916 - 16 November 1979) was a British plant pathologist.[1]

Life

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elsden, S. R. (1982). "Roy Markham. 29 January 1916-16 November 1979". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 28: 318–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1982.0013. JSTOR 769902.
  2. ↑ Matthews, R. E. F. (1989). "Roy Markham: Pioneer in Plant Pathology". Annual Review of Phytopathology 27: 13–23. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.27.090189.000305. PMID 19032056.