John Mason Gulland
John Mason Gulland (born October 14, 1898 in Edinburgh , † October 26, 1947 in Goswick , Northumberland ) was a British biochemist.
Gulland was the son of a medical professor and studied chemistry at Edinburgh University from 1917, graduating in 1921. He then worked with Robert Robinson in Manchester and worked on the elucidation of the structure of alkaloids such as morphine. In 1924 he became an assistant in Oxford and in 1925 he received his doctorate at the University of Dundee and was a lecturer in Oxford from 1926. In 1929 he received a D.Sc. of Edinburgh University. In 1931 he became a biochemist at the Lister Institute in London and a lecturer at the University of London. In 1936 he became a professor at the University of Nottingham . In 1947 he gave up his teaching post and became director of research at the Institute of Brewing. In 1927 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh elected.
He dealt with oxytocin and later with nucleic acids , using physicochemical methods such as electrometric titration and spectroscopy. His contribution to the elucidation of various aspects of the chemical structure of nucleic acids was important for the later spatial structure elucidation of the DNA double helix by James Watson and Francis Crick .
John Mason Gulland died in the Goswick railway accident .
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: John Mason Gulland . In: Lexicon of important chemists . Harri Deutsch 1989, p. 181.
Web links
- JW Cook: Obituary Notice (John Masson Gulland, 1898-1947) . In: Biochemical Journal v. January 1, 1948, p. 161.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gulland, John Mason |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1947 |
| Place of death | Goswick |