Hugh Davson

Hugh Davson

Hugh Davson (1909 – 1996) was a 20th century English physiologist who worked on membrane transport and ocular fluids.He attended University College School. He later studied at University College London and took a variety of research posts at institutes such as UCL, and Canada's Dalhousie University. With James Danielli he proposed a model for cell membrane structure which became known as the Davson-Danielli or "protein sandwich" model.In 1931 he married the society portrait painter Marjorie Heath with whom he had one daughter.

Reference

Maurice, D. M. (1996). In Memoriam: Hugh Davson 1909-1996. Experimental Eye Research, 63, 611-612.


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