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Edward Abraham
Sir Edward Abraham | |
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 Abraham at the Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford in 1939 | |
| Born | Edward Penley Abraham 10 June 1913 |
| Died | 8 May 1999 (aged 85) Oxford |
| Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford |
| Spouse | Asbjörg Abraham (née Harung) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Some substituted peptides and Experiments with lysozyme (1938) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sir Robert Robinson |
| Doctoral students | |
Sir Edward Penley Abraham, CBE, FRS[3] (10 June 1913 – 8 May 1999) was an English biochemist instrumental in the development of the first antibiotics penicillin and cephalosporin.[4][5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Walker, John (1969). Studies on naturally-occurring peptides (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jones, D. S.; Jones, J. H. (2014). "Sir Edward Penley Abraham CBE. 10 June 1913 -- 9 May 1999". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60: 5–22. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0002. S2CID 71557916.
- ^ "Eccentric TV farmer". Herald Sun. 17 May 1999.
- ^ National Archives: Papers of Edward Penley Abraham
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