Patricia H. Clarke
Patricia Clarke | |
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Born | Patricia Hannah Green 29 July 1919 |
Died | 28 January 2010 | (aged 90)
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Spouse |
Michael Clarke (m. 1940) |
Children | 2 |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | University College London |
Patricia Hannah Clarke FRS[1] (née Green) (29 July 1919 – 28 January 2010) was a British biochemist.[2][3]
Education and early life
Clarke was born in
Career
After graduating, she declined a postgraduate post working on aspects of ATP metabolism to contribute to the war effort, taking post at the Armament Research Department of the Ministry of Supply in Swansea to work on explosives.[1] She returned to biochemistry in 1944 when she joined the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories at Beckenham, Kent. In 1951, she moved to work part-time at the National Collection of Type Cultures of bacteria in the Central Public Health Laboratory at Colindale, London.[4]
She moved to the Department of Biochemistry at University College London, as Assistant Lecturer, being appointed Lecturer in 1956, Reader in 1966 and Professor of Microbial Biochemistry in 1973 until her retirement in 1984 – when she was made emeritus professor. During this time she co-wrote Genetics and Biochemistry of Pseudomonas.[5] Her aim in this paper was to present in one volume the fundamentals, basic methodology, and specific applications of gas-liquid chromatography in microbiology and medicine. In addition to this, some of her papers include are Hydrogen Sulphide Production by Bacteria,[6] An Inducible Amidase Produced by a Strain of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa,[7] Biochemical Classification of Proteus and Providence Cultures[8] and Butyramide-using Mutants of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 8602 Which Produce an Amidase with Altered Substrate Specificity.[9] Her major field of research was bacterial enzymes production and metabolism.
In retirement, she held positions of responsibility with the
Awards and honours
- Elected a in 1979.
- A. J. Klyver Lecturer, Dutch Society for Microbiology (1981) [1]
- Marjory Stephenson Memorial Lecturer, Society for General Microbiology[1] (1981)
- Vice-President of the Royal Society (1981-1982)[1][3]
- Elected Fellow of the International Institute of Biotechnology (1986)[1]
- Honorary doctorate, University of Kent (1988)[1]
- Honorary doctorate, Council for National Academic Awards (1990)[1]
- Elected Honorary Fellow of University College London (1996)[1]
- Elected Honorary Member of the Society for General Microbiology (1997)[1]
Committee Work
Clarke was a great supporter of the
Personal life
In 1940, she married Michael Clarke; they had two children in 1947 and 1949. She died at University of Wales Hospital, Cardiff on 28 January 2010, aged 90 years.[11]
External links
References
- ^ ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ Biography of Patrician Hannah Clarke, on her paper archive page Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d Haines, Catharine (15 February 2010). "Patricia Clarke Obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Clarke, Patricia Hannah, b. 1919. Biochemist". National Archives. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ISSN 0033-5770.
- PMID 13061742.
- PMID 14455023.
- PMID 13252224.
- PMID 4981920.
- ^ British Universities Film & Video Council (10 May 1994). "Clarke. Life of a Microbial Biochemist: Professor Patricia H. Clarke FRS in Conversation with Professor J. Gareth Morris FRS". Edinburgh: EDINA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "Patricia H. Clarke's Obituary on The Times". The Times. Retrieved 14 June 2017.