Sir Philip John Randle FRS | |
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Born | Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England | 15 July 1926
Died | 26 September 2006 Oxford, England | (aged 80)
Education | King Edward VI Grammar School, Nuneaton; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; UCL Medical School |
Known for | Randle cycle of carbohydrate and fat metabolism |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society, 1963; President of the Biochemical Society, 1995–2000; Knighted, 1975 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | Cambridge University, University of Bristol, Oxford University |
Thesis | Studies on the Metabolic Action of Insulin |
Doctoral advisor | Frank George Young |
Sir Philip John Randle (16 July 1926 – 26 September 2006) was a British biochemist and medical researcher after whom the Randle cycle is named.[1][2][3]