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Brian William Fox
Brian W. Fox (1929–1999) was a professor of experimental chemotherapy at University of Manchester and the Paterson Institute who contributed to development of systematic methods for studying potential chemotherapy agents. He was also a keen botanist and lichenologist, involved in recording plant and lichen distributions in northern England. Personal life Brian William Fox was born in Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, south Wales. The family moved to Lancashire in 1941. He studied chemistry at King's College, Durham University (now University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne), including for his doctoral degree. He undertook National Service. Career In 1980 Fox was promoted to a personal chair in experimental chemotherapy at University of Manchester. He became deputy director of the Paterson Institute at Christie Hospital, Manchester. He developed standardised methodologies for screening compounds for anti-cancer activity. Fox was also interested in plants and lichens. He collected plant spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mills
New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut through carboniferous sandstone, on the north-western edge of the Peak District national park. New Mills has a population of approximately 12,000, in a civil parish which includes the villages and hamlets of Whitle, Thornsett, Hague Bar, Rowarth, Brookbottom, Gowhole and Birch Vale. New Mills was first noted for coal mining, then for cotton spinning, bleaching and Calico (textile), calico printing. It was served by the Peak Forest Canal, three railway lines and the A6 road (England), A6 trunk road. Redundant mills were bought up in the mid-twentieth century by sweet manufacturer Swizzels Matlow. New Mills was a stronghold of Methodism. History New Mills is in the area formerly known as Bowden Middlecale which was a grouping of ten hamlets. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
