- Frank George Young
Sir Frank George Young FRS (
25 March 1908 -20 September 1988 ) was a distinguishedbiochemist , noted for his work ondiabetes , and the first Master ofDarwin College, Cambridge .Early Life and Education
Young was born in
London and educated atAlleyn's School ,Dulwich andUniversity College, London where hegraduated inchemistry andphysics in 1929. After graduating, he remained at UCL to dopostgraduate research in the field of biochemistry.Academic career
As a research fellow Young studied diabetes at the
University of Aberdeen and theUniversity of Toronto . At the age of 34 he was awarded his first chair when appointed in 1942 as the Professor of Biochemistry atSt Thomas's Hospital Medical School,University of London . Thereafter his advancement was rapid, becoming professor of biochemistry at UCL in 1945 and then, in 1949, being elected as the thirdSir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry atCambridge University , a post he was to hold for the ensuing 26 years. His Cambridge appointment coincided with his election in March 1949 to Fellowship of the Royal Society.At Cambridge Young became a
Fellow of Trinity Hall until in 1964 he was appointed as the first Master of the new Darwin College, a position he held until 1976.Young served on numerous national and international bodies including the Medical Research Council (1950 - 1954), the Executive Council of the Ciba Foundation (1954 - 1977), the
British Nutrition Foundation , of which he was a co-founder in 1967 and served as President from 1970 - 1976).He also served on various government advisory bodies including the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (1957 - 1980), the Advisory Committee on the Irradiation of Food, the Royal Commission on Medical Education (1965 - 1968), the Council of the International Union of Biochemistry (1961 - 1972 and the Executive Board of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1970- 1974).
His interests in diabetes were reflected in his service as a Vice-President of the British Diabetic Association from 1948, President of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes from 1965 to 1968, and President of the International Diabetes Federation from 1970 to 1973.
He was
knighted for his services to biochemistry in 1976.References
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=012-ncuacs97201&cid=0 National Archives]
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