Peter Goodfellow (geneticist)
Peter Goodfellow | |
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| Born | Peter Neville Goodfellow 4 August 1951[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol University of Oxford |
| Spouse(s) | Dame Julia Goodfellow (1972-present); 2 children[1] |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Biochemical and genetic studies of human tissue antigens (1975) |
Peter Neville Goodfellow, FRS (born 4 August 1951) is a British geneticist best known for his work on sex determination and the SRY gene that encodes Testis determining factor. He was Balfour Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge (1992-96). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1992.
Personal life
Goodfellow completed his BSc degree in Microbiology at the University of Bristol in 1972[2] and obtained a DPhil degree from Oxford University.[3]
In 1972 he married Julia Mary Lansdall, now Dame Julia Goodfellow, CEO of the BBSRC.[citation needed] The couple has one son and one daughter.[citation needed] In 2002, he received an Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) degree from the University of Bristol[4]
References
- ^ a b "'GOODFELLOW, Prof. Peter Neville', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press". (registration required)
- ^ Faculty of Science: Alumni and friends - website of the University of Bristol
- ^ Peter Goodfellow: Executive Profile & Biography, Businessweek.com; accessed 9 April 2016.
- ^ Honorary degrees at Bristol University, bristol.ac.uk; accessed 6 August 2015.