| Sir Mark RichmondFRCP FRCPath FRS | |
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| Born | Marcus Henry Richmond (1931-02-01) 1 February 1931 (age 93) Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
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Sir Marcus Henry Richmond (born 1 February 1931) is a British biochemist, microbiologist and academic.
Early life and education
Richmond was born in 1931, the son of H. S. Richmond, a film producer. He was educated at Epsom College from 1944 to 1949, and then studied biochemistry at Clare College, Cambridge, and remained there as a postgraduate for three years.
Career
Following his doctorate he worked for the National Institute for Medical Research, subsequent to which he was a reader in molecular biology at the University of Edinburgh.
In 1968 he became Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Bristol, working on staphylococcal plasmids and antibiotic resistance. From 1980, he was Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester and served for 12 years until 1992.
He became Global Head of Research for Glaxo in 1991.
He retired in 1996 and took up a position as Honorary Fellow in the School of Public Policy at University College London.
He served as chair of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the United Kingdom and of the Science and Engineering Research Council during his time at Manchester. Following formal retirement, he has been a non-executive director of several companies, including Genentech, OSI Pharmaceuticals and Ark Therapeutics.
Awards and honours
He received the Robert Koch Medal in 1976, and the Biochemical Society's Colworth Medal. In 1982 he received the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy's Garrod Medal and delivered its accompanying lecture.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1980 and was knighted in the 1986 Birthday Honours. He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath).
References
- ^ "Professor Sir Marcus Henry Richmond (born 1931). M.A. Ph.D., D.Sc. (Cantab.), Hon.LL.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.Path., F.R.S. – Vice-Chancellor of Manchester University" (PDF). Epsom College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2008). Superbugs and Superdrugs: A History of MRSA. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-114-1. OL 23194335M. Wikidata Q29581755.
- "Garrod Lecture & Medal". The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- "Mark Richmond". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- United Kingdom list: "No. 50551". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1986. p. 2.
External links
- Mark Richmond on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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| Preceded bySir Arthur Llewellyn Armitage | Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester 1980–1992 |
Succeeded bySir Martin Harris |
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