J. L. Simkin

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Dr Julius Leonard Simkin FRSE (d.1991) was a 20th century British biochemist. In authorship he was known as J. L. Simkin.

Life[edit]

He was born in England in the 1920s. He studied Science at Liverpool University graduating BSc around 1950.

In 1954 he received a doctorate (PhD) in Physiology from the University of Birmingham.[1]

He was senior lecturer in Biochemistry at Aberdeen University.

In 1979 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Hamish Keir, G. A. Garton, P. E. Weatherley, C. F. Mills, Peter Hobson, J. D. Matthews, F. C. Frazer and P.T. Grant.[2]

He died on 19 January 1991.

Publications[edit]

  • Vitamin B12 and Protein Biosynthesis (1959)
  • The Incorporation of Radioactive Amino Acids into Protein (1960)
  • A Broad View of Proteins (1964)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.