George Edward Briggs

George Edward Briggs FRS[1] (25 June 1893 – 7 February 1985) was Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge.

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

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935.[1] He published several significant scientific papers on enzymes.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Robertson, Rutherford (1986). "George Edward Briggs. 25 June 1893-7 February 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 32: 36–08. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1986.0002. JSTOR 770107.
  2. ↑ Briggs, G. E.; Haldane, J. B. (1925). "A Note on the Kinetics of Enzyme Action". The Biochemical Journal 19 (2): 338–339. doi:10.1042/bj0190338. PMC 1259181. PMID 16743508.
  3. ↑ Briggs, G. E. (1926). "The Relation of the Enzymes Trypsin and Pepsin to their Substrates". The Biochemical Journal 20 (3): 574–579. doi:10.1042/bj0200574. PMC 1251753. PMID 16743695.
  4. ↑ "Author Query for 'G.E.Briggs'". International Plant Names Index.


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