William Richmond (biochemist)
William "Bill" Richmond (born November 21, 1941 in Springfield near Cupar , Fife , † August 18, 2010 with Advie , Moray ) was a Scottish biochemist, known for a test for cholesterol in the blood (Richmond Process, 1973), the world was used. He did research on lipid metabolism.
He was the son of a bank clerk and a postal worker. He studied chemistry at the University of St. Andrews before working for Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy . He then did research for the Medical Research Council in its clinical research center in Harrow (Northwick Park Hospital), where he also developed the test for cholesterol and published it in 1973.
Later he was a biochemist consultant in London hospitals and in particular at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington , where he retired in 2006 as head of chemical pathology. There he and Robert Elkeles examined the connection between cholesterol, blood pressure, vascular diseases and diabetes. He carried out tests to examine the tolerance and effect of different people on fats.
There was no financial gain from his test. Richmond played the bagpipes and also composed their own tunes for the bagpipe. He also designed his own tartan patterns and another hobby was fly fishing . He died while fishing in the River Spey at Advie Bridge when he slipped and was caught in the current.
Fonts
- with Michael Feher: Lipids and Lipid Disorders, Mosby 2000
- Preparation and properties of a cholesterol oxidase from Nocardia sp. and its application to the enzymatic assay of total cholesterol in serum, Clin. Chem., Vol. 19, 1973, pp. 1350-1356
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| SURNAME | Richmond, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richmond, Bill (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield near Cupar , Fife (Scotland) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | at Advie , Morayshire |