Rudolph Peters
| Sir Rudolph Albert Peters | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
13 April 1889 Kensington, London, UK |
| Died | 29 January 1982 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable awards |
Royal Medal (1949) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Sir Rudolph Albert Peters Fellow of the Royal Society[1] (13 April 1889 – 29 January 1982) was a British biochemist. He was elected a FRS in 1935. He led the research team at Oxford who developed British Anti-Lewisite (BAL), an antidote for the chemical warfare agent lewisite. His efforts investigating the mechanism of arsenic war gases were deemed crucial in maintaining battlefield effectiveness.[2]
After the war, he researched pyruvate metabolism, focussing particularly on the toxicity of fluoroacetate. The fact that fluoroacetate in itself is far less toxic than its metabolite fluorocitrate led him to coin the term "lethal synthesis" in 1951.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 Thompson, R. H. S.; Ogston, A. G. (1983). "Rudolph Albert Peters. 13 April 1889-29 January 1982". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 29: 494. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1983.0018. JSTOR 769811.
- 1 2 Anon (1982). "Obituary". BMJ 284 (6315): 589. doi:10.1136/bmj.284.6315.589.
- ↑ Peters, R. A. (1952). "Croonian Lecture: Lethal Synthesis". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 139 (895): 143–126. doi:10.1098/rspb.1952.0001.
Further reading
- "Sir Rudolph Albert Peters, Biochemist (1889–1982)". Australian Postal History & Social Philately.
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