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Richard Perham

Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (died 2015)

Born
April 27, 1937
Died
February 14, 2015
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1937

About Richard Perham

Richard Nelson Perham (27 April 1937 – 14 February 2015), was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge 2004–07. He was also editor-in-chief of FEBS Journal (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) from 1998 to 2013. == Education == Perham attended Latymer Upper School, then St John's College, Cambridge, where he completed his MA (Cantab), PhD and ScD. Perham then went on to become a MRC scholar at Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), also at Cambridge. == Research and career == Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies. === Societies === Perham was a member of the following organisations and societies: 1965 Biochemical Society member 1983 EMBO Member 1986 Royal Institution for Great Britain member 1992 Academia Europaea member === Awards and fellowships === His awards include: 1971 (EMBO) fellowship Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung), Heidelberg 1984 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) 1988 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) 1993 Max Planck Research Prize 1998 Novartis Medal and Prize of the Biochemical Society 2000 Silver Medal of the Italian Biochemical Society 2005 Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) 2008 Edman Prize International Association of Protein Structure and Proteomics (IAPSAP) 2011 Diplôme d'Honneur of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies === Selected bibliography === Perham, Richard N (1975). Instrumentation in amino acid sequence analysis. London New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-551250-3. Perham, Richard N; Chapman, Stephen; Scrutton, Nigel (2002). Flavins and flavoproteins 2002: proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium, St.

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Career and life highlights

Richard Perham timeline

  1. Richard Nelson Perham, FRS, FMedSci, FRSA (27 April 1937 – 14 February 2015), was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge 2004–07.
  2. Perham, Richard N; Baumeister, Wolfgang; Johnson, Louise; Steven, Alasdair (1975).
  3. Perham, Richard N; Chapman, Stephen; Scrutton, Nigel (2002).

The world when Richard Perham was born

Richard Perham was born in 1937. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1937

  • #1 song"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Top movieSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Best-selling bookOf Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJoe Louis becomes heavyweight champion
  • Top headlineHindenburg zeppelin explodes in New Jersey
  • Technology milestoneGolden Gate Bridge opens in San Francisco
  • Defining fadSwing music
  • Notable inventionShopping cart
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population128.8M

1937 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Richard Perham's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19372026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$5,200$435,000
Average income$3,000$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population128.8M341 million

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