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John Postgate

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Gender Male
Death10 years ago
Date of birth June 24,1922
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born London
United Kingdom
Date of died October 22,2014
DiedLewes
United Kingdom
Alma mater University of Oxford
Known forMicrobes and Man
Job Microbiologist
BooksMicrobes 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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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.

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