Sir Edward Abraham

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Chemist Edward Abraham read for the Honours School of Natural Science and took a First in Chemistry at Queen's College, Oxford, England. He gained his DPhil in 1938, and just before the second world war joined a team researching antibiotics at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford. This work led to Abraham identifying the correct structure for penicillin. He was a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, between 1948 and 1980, and from 1964 to 1980 was Professor of Chemical Pathology.

Chemists, Abraham, Edward Penley

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Lt-Cdr Derek Howse

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Naval officer and historian of astronomy and navigation Derek Howse entered the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England, in 1933 as a cadet. He went to sea as a Midshipman in 1937, and during the second world war served as Sub-Lieutenant and Lieutenant in destroyers and minesweepers. He gained the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945. He became Lieutenant-Commander in 1949, and retired in 1958. He became Assistant Keeper in the navigation department at the National Maritime Museum in 1963.

Officials and employees, Navies, Howse, Humphrey Derek

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