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- David Keilin, FRS
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Born in Moscow, but grew up in Poland; educated at the Sorbonne (DSc). In 1915 he joined Professor G. H. F. Nuttall in Cambridge as an assistant. Admitted as a Research Student, 1916; Bye-Fellow, 1916; Fellow, 1931; Honorary Fellow, 1957. Professor of Cellular Biology and Director of the Molteno Institute for Parasitology, 1931-1952. His classic publication in 1925 was on the pigment cytochrome, which he discovered and named. FRS, 1928; Royal Medal, 1939; Copley Medal, 1951; Associate Foreign Member of the Académie des Sciences de l’Institut de France, 1955. He was a world-class scientist who was perhaps unlucky not to become a Nobel Laureate.
Further Reading:
Article 'Professor Keilin by G. M. Hughes, College Magazine vol. 83 (1952) pp. 7-8
Obituary by F. McD C. Turner, College Magazine vol. 7 (1962-63) pp. 13-15
Article 'Magdalene and the Molteno Institute', College Magazine*, vol. 31 (1986-87) pp. 20-22