Denis Anthony "Denny" Mitchison CMG

CMG

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 (born 6 September 1919) is a British

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 bacteriologist.

Biography

Mitchison was born in 1919, the son of the Labour politician Dick Mitchison

Dick Mitchison

Gilbert Richard Mitchison, Baron Mitchison CBE QC, otherwise known as Dick Mitchison , was a British Labour politician....

 and his wife, the writer Naomi (née Haldane)

Naomi Mitchison

Naomi May Margaret Mitchison, CBE was a Scottish novelist and poet. She was appointed CBE in 1981; she was also entitled to call herself Lady Mitchison, CBE since 5 October 1964 .- Childhood and family background :Naomi Margaret Haldane was...

. His uncle was the biologist J.B.S. Haldane and his grandfather the physiologist John Scott Haldane. His younger brothers are the zoologists Avrion Mitchison

Avrion Mitchison

The Honourable Avrion "Av" Mitchison FRS is a British zoologist and immunologist.- Biography :Mitchison was born in 1928, the son of the Labour politician Dick Mitchison and his wife, the writer Naomi . His uncle was the biologist J.B.S...

 and Murdoch Mitchison

Murdoch Mitchison

John Murdoch Mitchison FRS, FRSE was a British zoologist, the son of the Labour politician Dick Mitchison and his wife, the writer Naomi . The biologist J.B.S. Haldane was his uncle, and the physiologist John Scott Haldane was his maternal grandfather...

. His son is the dilettante Graeme Mitchison (born 1944).

See Also

For more information, see the Haldane family tree.