Alfred Eddy

Alfred Alan Eddy
Born (1926-11-04) November 4, 1926
Cornwall, England
Fields Biology of yeast, trans-membrane transport
Institutions Brewing Industry Research Foundation
UMIST
University of Manchester
Alma mater Exeter College, Oxford
Spouse Susan Ruth Slade-Jones

Professor Alfred Alan Eddy, usually known as Alan Eddy, (born 4 November 1926) is a biochemist who was Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) between 1959 and 1994.[1]

Early life and education

Eddy was born on 4 November 1926 in Cornwall, the son of Alfred and Ellen Eddy.[1] After completing his secondary education at Devonport High School for Boys, he attended Exeter College, Oxford, graduating with a 1st Class Honours degree in 1949.[1] He was awarded his DPhil in 1951.[1]

Career

In 1953, Eddy joined the Brewing Industry Research Foundation in Nutfield.[1] In 1959, he was appointed to the first chair of Biochemistry at UMIST; he oversaw the creation of the Department of Biochemistry from the previously existing Brewing Chemistry department.[2] He held this position until his retirement in 1994.[1] He is currently Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester.[3]

Eddy's research interests are diverse, but his major contributions have been in the biology of trans-membrane transport, in particular the functioning of proton pumps and symport systems.[4]

Personal life

Eddy lives in Disley, Cheshire with his wife Susan Ruth (née Slade-Jones), whom he married in 1954. They have two sons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 'EDDY, Prof. Alfred Alan', Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2010 (accessed 27 September 2011).
  2. ↑ Wilson, pp. 16, 26
  3. ↑ "Personal Webpages". The University of Manchester. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Eddy AA, Hopkins P, Shaw R Proton and charge circulation through substrate symports in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: non-classical behaviour of the cytosine symport. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology [1994, 48:123-139](PMID 7597638)

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