Eric Arthur Newsholme (19 May 1935 - 17 March 2011)
was a biochemist who specialised in human metabolism. He was a fellow of
Merton College, Oxford, from 1973 until his retirement in 1995, and published a number of seminal textbooks and research papers.
Life and career
Newsholme was born in Liverpool on 19 May 1935, and was brought up in the city's West Derby suburb.
In 1955 he went up to
Magdalene College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences, and then to study for his PhD in Biochemistry under the supervision of
Philip Randle
Sir Philip John Randle (16 July 1926 – 26 September 2006) was a British medical researcher after whom the Randle cycle is named.
Early life and education
Born 16 July 1926 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Randle was educated at King Edward VI Gr ...
.
In 1961 he published his first full paper in the ''
Biochemical Journal
The ''Biochemical Journal'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which covers all aspects of biochemistry, as well as cell and molecular biology. It is published by Portland Press and was established in 1906.
History
The journal was established ...
'' (on the regulation of glucose uptake by muscle, co-authored with Philip Randle); this was to be followed by more than 100 papers published in that journal, around 20 of these have gone on to be recognized as seminal papers by the research community.
After completing his doctorate, in 1964 he moved to the
University of Oxford
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as a researcher with
Sir Hans Krebs.
In 1973 he was made a fellow of
Merton College, Oxford, and a lecturer at the
Department of Biochemistry,
where for the next 22 years he trained
PhD students and postdoctoral scientists in research techniques in his laboratory.
Newsholme married Pauline Anderson in 1959; they had a son and two daughters, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
He was a lifelong fan of
Liverpool Football Club
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.
He took up
marathon running in his mid-30s, and successfully completed around 40 marathons.
He died in
Torquay
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, South Devon, on 17 March 2011.
Publications
* ''Regulation in Metabolism'' (with C. Start, 1973)
* ''Biochemistry for the Medical Sciences'' (with Tony Leech, 1983) - updated as ''Functional Biochemistry in Health and Disease'' (with Tony Leech, 2010)
* ''Keep on Running'' (with Tony Leech and Glenda Duester, 1994)
References
1935 births
2011 deaths
Fellows of Merton College, Oxford
British biochemists
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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