Don Northcote

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

Don Northcote
Born	27 December 1921
Died	7 January 2004 (aged 82)
Alma mater	University of London
Awards	fellow of the Royal Society,
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry

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

External links

• obituary from the Cambridge University Reporter