George Edward Briggs
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George Edward Briggs was a British botanist.
He was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of Walker Thomas and Susan (née Townend) Briggs.
He was Professor of Botany, Cambridge University
. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935.
He wrote important papers on enzyme
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He was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of Walker Thomas and Susan (née Townend) Briggs.
He was Professor of Botany, Cambridge University
Professor of Botany, Cambridge University
The chair of the Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge was founded by the university in 1724. In 2009 the chair was renamed the Regius Professor of Botany.-Professors of Botany:* Richard Bradley * John Martyn...
. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935.
He wrote important papers on enzyme
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...
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