This article is about the biochemist. For the US Senator from Michigan, see Spencer Abraham.
Sir
Edward Abraham
CBE FRS
Abraham at the Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford in 1939
Born
Edward Penley Abraham
(1913-06-10)10 June 1913
Shirley, Southampton, England
Died
8 May 1999(1999-05-08) (aged 85)
Alma mater
The Queen's College, Oxford
Spouse
Asbjörg Abraham (née Harung)
Awards
FRS (1958)[1]
CBE (1973)[2]
Royal Medal (1973)
Knight Bachelor (1980)[2]
Scientific career
Institutions
University of Oxford
Thesis
Some substituted peptides and Experiments with lysozyme(1938)
Doctoral advisor
Sir Robert Robinson
Doctoral students
Sir John Walker[3]
Other notable students
Sir John Walker
Sir Edward Penley Abraham, CBE, FRS[1] (10 June 1913 – 8 May 1999) was an English biochemist instrumental in the development of the first antibiotics penicillin and cephalosporin.[4][5]
^ abJones, D. S.; Jones, J. H. (2014). "Sir Edward Penley Abraham CBE. 10 June 1913 -- 9 May 1999". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60: 5–22. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0002. S2CID 71557916.
^ abCite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Walker, John (1969). Studies on naturally-occurring peptides (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.[permanent dead link]
^"Eccentric TV farmer". Herald Sun. 17 May 1999.
^National Archives: Papers of Edward Penley Abraham
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