Mark Richmond

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Sir Mark Richmond

Born
Marcus Henry Richmond

(1931-02-01) 1 February 1931 (age 91)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality British
Alma mater Clare College, Cambridge
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Sir Marcus Henry Richmond, FRCP , FRCPath , FRS (born 1 February 1931), known as Mark Richmond, is a British biochemist, microbiologist and academic.

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Early life and education

Richmond was born in 1931, the son of H. S. Richmond, a film producer. He was educated at Epsom College from 1944 to 1949, [1] and then studied biochemistry at Clare College, Cambridge, and remained there as a postgraduate for three years. [1] [2]

Career

Following his doctorate he worked for the National Institute for Medical Research, subsequent to which he was a reader in molecular biology at the University of Edinburgh. [2]

In 1968 he became Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Bristol, working on staphylococcal plasmids and antibiotic resistance. [2] From 1981 he was Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester. [2]

He became Global Head of Research for Glaxo in 1991. [2]

He retired in 1996 and took up a position as Honorary Fellow in the School of Public Policy at University College London. [2]

He served as chair of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the United Kingdom and of the Science and Engineering Research Council during his time at Manchester. [2] Following formal retirement, he has been a non-executive director of several companies, including Genentech, OSI Pharmaceuticals and Ark Therapeutics. [2]

Awards and honours

He received the Robert Koch Medal in 1976, and the Biochemical Society's Colworth Medal.[ when? ] [2] In 1982 he received the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy's Garrod Medal and delivered its accompanying lecture. [3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1980 [4] and was knighted in the 1986 Birthday Honours. [5] He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath). [1]

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References

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  3. "Garrod Lecture & Medal". The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. "Mark Richmond". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. United Kingdom list: "No. 50551". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1986. p. 2.