Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry
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The Sir William Dunn Professorship of Biochemistry is the senior professorship in biochemistry
at the University of Cambridge
. The position was established in 1914 by the trustees of the will of Sir William Dunn
, banker, merchant and philanthropist.
The first holder of the chair was Frederick Gowland Hopkins, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the discovery of vitamins.
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. The position was established in 1914 by the trustees of the will of Sir William Dunn
William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath
Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath, MP, JP, FRGS , was a London banker, merchant and philanthropist, Liberal Member of Parliament for Paisley , and from before 1896 until the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899 consul general for the Orange Free State in the United...
, banker, merchant and philanthropist.
The first holder of the chair was Frederick Gowland Hopkins, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the discovery of vitamins.
Sir William Dunn Professors
- Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1914-1943)
- Albert ChibnallAlbert ChibnallAlbert Charles Chibnall was a British biochemist.Chibnall was born and educated in England, joined the Army Service Corps at the outbreak of World War I and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917....
(1943-1949) - Frank George YoungFrank George YoungSir Frank George Young FRS was a distinguished biochemist, noted for his work on diabetes, and the first Master of Darwin College, Cambridge.-Early life:...
(1949-1975) - Hans KornbergHans KornbergProfessor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, FRS is a British biochemist.-Early Life, Education and Career:Kornberg was born in 1928 in Germany of Jewish parents. In 1939 he left Nazi Germany , and moved to the care of an uncle in Yorkshire...
(1975-1995) - Tom BlundellTom BlundellSir Tom Leon Blundell, FRS, FMedSci is a British biochemist and science administrator. Up until 2009, he was the Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry and head of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge....
(1995-2009) - Gerard Evan (2009- )