Keith Vickerman | |
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| Born | (1933-03-21)21 March 1933 |
| Died | 28 June 2016(2016-06-28) (aged 83) |
| Spouse | Moira Dutton1 |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences Linnean Medal (1906) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
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Main interests | Natural history, Zoology, Parasitology |
Keith Vickerman was a British zoologist born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.1 He was Regius Professor of Zoology in the University of Glasgow, 1984–98.2 He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1996. A Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, he was one of the organization's founding members.1
Vickerman was the one who made the discovery that antigenic variation could occur in eukaryotic cells, namely in protozoa.1
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References
- Cox, Francis (November 2017). "Obituary of Professor Keith Vickerman FRS: 1931–2016". Parasitology. 144 (13): 1841–1843. doi:10.1017/S0031182017000403. ISSN 0031-1820.
- ‘VICKERMAN, Prof. Keith’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 12 July 2013