Professor Edwin Dawes obituary
6 July 1925 鈥� 3 March 2023
Professor Edwin A. Dawes, 乐天堂app下载 internationally acclaimed Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Hull, renowned magical historian and prolific author died aged 97 on March 3, 2023 after a short illness.
A Yorkshireman by birth, he gained his Ph.D from Leeds University in 1948, subsequently becoming a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at Glasgow University, and D.Sc in 1961. He relocated home to Yorkshire as 乐天堂app下载 founding professor of 乐天堂app下载 Biochemistry Department at Hull University in 1963, serving at various times as 乐天堂app下载 University’s Pro Vice Chancellor, Dean of Science and Chair of 乐天堂app下载 Library Committee. He worked closely with 乐天堂app下载 poet and university librarian, Philip Larkin and was later a founder, and Chair, of 乐天堂app下载 thriving Philip Larkin Society. He was granted emeritus status in 1990, and awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by 乐天堂app下载 University of Hull in 1992.
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