Don Northcote

Donald Henry Northcote,[1] FRS (27 December 1921 – 7 January 2004) was a 20th-century British academic.[2]

Don Northcote
Born(1921-12-27)27 December 1921
Died7 January 2004(2004-01-07) (aged 82)
Alma materUniversity of London
Awardsfellow of the Royal Society,
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Life

Northcote was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School (1933–38). He graduated from University of London.[3]

He was a Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry[4] at the University of Cambridge;[5] then Reader from 1965 to 1972; and Professor from 1972 to 1989.[6] He was also an Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.[7]

References
  1. Photo of Northcote
  2. Nature.com
  3. Crompton, D. W. T. (2019-12-30). "Donald Henry Northcote. 27 December 1921—7 January 2004". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 0: 357–370. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2019.0020.
  4. "Wandering in the Gardens of the Mind: Peter Mitchell and the Making of Glynn" Prebble, J/Weber, B p45: Oxford;OUP; 2003 ISBN 0195142667
  5. The First Floor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (1952–58) By Brian S. Hartley
  6. "Northcote, Donald Henry". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (July 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  7. College web-site
Academic offices
Preceded by
John Wilfrid Linnett		 Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
1975–1992		 Succeeded by
Gabriel Horn


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