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Frank Young (biochemist)

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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 -
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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.
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1972) and the Executive Board of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1970- 1974).
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Young served on numerous national and international bodies including the
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until in 1964 he was appointed as the first Master of the new
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when appointed in 1942 as the Professor of Biochemistry at
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FRS, 1949; Croonian Lecturer, 1962; Honorary Fellow of the
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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in 1929. After graduating, he remained at UCL to do
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Frank George Young
Alleyn's School
Dulwich
University College, London
Royal College of Physicians
British Diabetic Association
Endocrine Society
University of Aberdeen
University of Toronto
St Thomas's Hospital
Cambridge University
Frederick G. Donnan
Jack Drummond
Charles Lovatt Evans
Archibald Hill
Philip Randle
FRS
biochemist
diabetes
Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry
Cambridge University
Darwin College, Cambridge
London
Alleyn's School
Dulwich
University College, London
graduated
chemistry
physics
postgraduate

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