John Postgate
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 10 years ago |
Date of birth | June 24,1922 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | London |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | October 22,2014 |
Died | Lewes |
United Kingdom | |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Known for | Microbes and Man |
Job | Microbiologist |
Books | Microbes and Man |
Biological Nitrogen Fixation | |
The Outer Reaches of Life | |
Microbes, Music and Me: A Life in Science | |
Nitrogen Fixation | |
Lethal Lozenges and Tainted Tea: A Biography of John Postgate (1820-1881) | |
A Plain Man's Guide to Jazz | |
A Stomach for Dissent: The Life of Raymond Postgate, 1896-1971 | |
Looking for Frankie: A Bio-discography of the Jazz Trumpeter Frankie Newton | |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Leeuwenhoek Lecture | |
Institute of Biology | |
Parents | Raymond Postgate |
Education | Balliol College |
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ID | 497703 |
John Postgate Life story
John Raymond Postgate, FRS was an English microbiologist and writer, latterly Professor Emeritus of Microbiology at the University of Sussex. Postgate's research in microbiology investigated nitrogen fixation, microbial survival, and sulphate-reducing bacteria.