Michael Denis Gale FRS (25 August 1943 - 18 July 2009) was a British plant geneticist.[1]
He studied at West Buckland School, Birmingham University, and Aberystwyth University with Hubert Rees. He worked at the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, and the John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park.[2] He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996.[3]