Quentin Gibson
Professor Quentin Gibson | |
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| Born | Quentin Howieson Gibson December 9, 1918 |
| Died | March 6, 2011 (aged 92) |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1969)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Sheffield Cornell University University of Pennsylvania |
| Notable students | Keith Moffat[2] |
Quentin Howieson Gibson FRS[1] (December 9, 1918 – March 16, 2011) was a Scottish American physiologist, and professor at University of Sheffield,[3] and Cornell University.[4]
Education
Gibson earned an Doctor of Medicine degree in 1944 and a Ph.D. in 1946, from Queen's University Belfast.
Career
Gibson taught at the University of Sheffield, from 1947 to 1963, succeeding (Sir) Hans Krebs as the Head of the Department of Biochemistry in 1955. In 1963, he was professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the Greater Philadelphia Professor at Cornell University, from 1965 to 1996. In 1982, he became a U.S. citizen.[5]
Awards and honours
Gibson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969.[1] He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and an associate editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry from 1975 to 1994.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Olson, J. S.; Gutfreund, H. (2013). "Quentin Howieson Gibson 9 December 1918 -- 16 March 2011". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0018.
- ^ "Quentin H. Gibson's Profile on Academic Tree".
- ^ "Quentin H. Gibson". Cf.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- ^ "Notices 2011". Royal Society. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- ^ Olson, John. "Retrospective: Quentin H. Gibson". Asbmb.org. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
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