Donald Devereux Woods (16 February 1912 - 6 November 1964) was a British

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...

. He was born in Ipswich, the son of Walter and Violet Woods, and educated at Northgate School, Ipswich. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating in 1933 and gaining a PhD there in 1937. In 1939 he joined the Medical Research Council Unit for Bacterial Chemistry, working at the Middlesex Hospital, London. After World War II, during which he had been engaged on secret work, he became reader in Microbiology at Oxford University and in 1955 accepted the new Iveagh Chair of Chemical Microbiology there.

Awards and honours

* 1952 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society His nomination reads: *1953 Marjory Stephenson Prize

References

1912 births 1964 deaths Scientists from Ipswich Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge British microbiologists Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich {{UK-biologist-stub