Quick Professor of Biology
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The Quick Professorship of Biology is one of the senior professorships in biology
at the University of Cambridge
.
Frederick James Quick (1836-1902) was a wealthy coffee merchant who was employed in the London
law-firm Quick, Reek and James at the time of his death. He bequeathed the majority of his wealth to the University of Cambridge
(he had been a law student at Trinity Hall
, graduating in 1859) to be used in the 'study of vegetable and animal biology'. After much debate, it was decided that the professorship should primarily cover the field of protozoology
, and in 1906 George Nuttall
became the first holder of the chair.
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
Frederick James Quick (1836-1902) was a wealthy coffee merchant who was employed in the London
London
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law-firm Quick, Reek and James at the time of his death. He bequeathed the majority of his wealth to the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
(he had been a law student at Trinity Hall
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...
, graduating in 1859) to be used in the 'study of vegetable and animal biology'. After much debate, it was decided that the professorship should primarily cover the field of protozoology
Protozoology
Protozoology is the study of protozoa, the "animal-like" protists. This term has become dated as our understanding of the evolutionary relationships of the eukaryota has improved....
, and in 1906 George Nuttall
George Nuttall
George Henry Falkiner Nuttall FRS was an American-British bacteriologist who contributed much to the knowledge of parasites and of insect carriers of diseases. He made significant, innovative discoveries in immunology, about life under aseptic conditions, in blood chemistry, and about diseases...
became the first holder of the chair.
Quick Professors
- George NuttallGeorge NuttallGeorge Henry Falkiner Nuttall FRS was an American-British bacteriologist who contributed much to the knowledge of parasites and of insect carriers of diseases. He made significant, innovative discoveries in immunology, about life under aseptic conditions, in blood chemistry, and about diseases...
(1906) - David KeilinDavid KeilinDavid Keilin FRS was an entomologist, among other things.His family returned to Warsaw early in his youth. He did not attend school until age ten due to ill health and asthma. Only seven years later, in 1904, he enrolled in the University of Liège...
(1932) - Vincent Brian Wigglesworth (1952)
- Robin Coombs (1966)
- Christopher Craig Wylie (1988)
- Stephen Philip Jackson (1995)