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Gurdon, Sir John (1933 - present), cell biologist and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- John Bertrand Gurdon, PhD, Hon DSc (Oxford), FRS
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Beschrijving
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2 October 1933 - present
Geschiedenis
Master of Magdalene College, 1995-2002
Educated at Christ Church Oxford. University of Cambridge, John Henry Plummer Professor of Cell Biology, 1983-2001; Fellow of Churchill College until taking up the Mastership; Honorary Fellow, 2002. Chairman of The Wellcome Trust & Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer & Developmental Biology, 1991, which was renamed The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute in 2003 in recognition of his inaugural directorship. Japanese Academy’s Emperor Hirohito Prize for Biology, 1987; Israel’s Wolf Prize for Medicine, 1989; Copley Medal, 2003; Hon ScD 2007; Nobel Prize for Medicine 2012.
Further Reading:
Article 'Appointment to the Mastership' by Peter Grubb, College Magazine vol. 38 (1993-94) pp. 8-9
Article, 'Hail and Farewell' by Eamon Duffy, College Magazine, vol. 46 (2001-02) pp. 9-11