Keith Vickerman | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 June 2016 | (aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Moira Dutton [1] |
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 |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Natural history, Zoology, Parasitology |
Keith Vickerman FRS [2] FRSE FMedSci (21 March 1933 – 28 June 2016) [3] was a British zoologist born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. [1] He was Regius Professor of Zoology in the University of Glasgow, 1984–98. [4] 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]