Eric James Denton

Eric Denton
Born
Eric James Denton

(1923-09-30)30 September 1923
Bentley, Yorkshire, England
Died2 January 2007(2007-01-02) (aged 77)
St. Just, Cornwall
NationalityBritish
OccupationMarine Biologist
AwardsFrink Medal (1987)
Royal Medal (1987)
International Prize for Biology (1989)

Sir Eric James Denton CBE FRS (30 September 1923 – 2 January 2007)[1] was a British marine biologist who won the Royal Society's Royal Medal in 1987.[2]

Denton was born in Bentley, South Yorkshire.[1] He was educated at Doncaster Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with an Ordinary degree in Physics, before pursuing biophysics research at University College London.[3] He was subsequently a lecturer in Physiology at the University of Aberdeen, and then a physiologist at the Marine Biological Association Laboratory in Plymouth. From 1974 to 1987 he was the Director of the Marine Biological Association Laboratory.[3]

Denton died in St Just, Cornwall on 2 January 2007.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Brownlee, Colin (27 January 2007). "Professor Sir Eric Denton". Obituary. London: The Independent Newspaper. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  2. ^ Clarke, M. R. (2009). "Sir Eric James Denton CBE. 30 September 1923 -- 2 January 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 55: 59–76. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2009.0001.
  3. ^ a b "DENTON, Sir Eric (James)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2020 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)