James Baddiley

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James Baddiley
Born(1918-05-15)May 15, 1918
Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
Newcastle University

Sir James Baddiley FRS FRSE (15 May 1918, in Manchester – 17 November 2008, in Cambridge) was a British biochemist.[1]

Early life and education

Baddiley was born and brought up in Manchester. His father was director of research at the

Alexander Todd.[1]

Career

Todd's group did fundamental work on the chemistry of

nucleic acids. This formed the base for subsequent work on the role of these compounds in cell biology and heredity.[1]

In 1944 he moved with Todd to

Cambridge University and was awarded an ICI research fellowship. His work culminated in the first synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).[3]

He then joined the Wenner-Gren Institute (now the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research) in

Harvard
with a Rockefeller fellowship.

From 1954 to 1977 he was Professor of Organic Chemistry at

teichoic acids, major components of cell wall structure of gram-positive bacteria.[1]

In 1981, Baddiley became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.[4]

After Newcastle he was awarded a senior research fellowship by the

Institute of Biotechnology of which he was the first chairman and he was also appointed a fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
.

Awards

In 1961 he became a

Cantab), and Honorary DSc's from Heriot-Watt University(1979)[6] and also the University of Bath (1986).[2]

For his work at Newcastle University on

teichoic acids
, the recently built Baddiley-Clark building (housing bacterial cell biology research) was named in part after him.

Personal life

In 1944, married Hazel Townsend (d 2007) a textile designer. They had a son, Christopher.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sir James Baddiley - Microbiologist behind vital research into bacterial cell walls" Obituary in The Guardian 29 January 2009, accessed 10 January 2012
  2. ^ a b Royal Society obituary accessed 11 January 2012
  3. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2010.0010
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  4. ^ "About Us". World Cultural Council. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ^ Obituary in The Independent 3 January 2009, accessed 10 January 2011
  6. ^ "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
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