James Brontë Gatenby

James Brontë Gatenby MA, PhD, DPhil, DSc (10 October 1892 - 20 July 1960)[1] was a zoologist notable for his work on the structure of cells and the Golgi bodies.[2]

Background

Gatenby was born in Wanganui, New Zealand. He progressed from St. Patrick's College in Wellington to Jesus College, Oxford. In 1916, he graduated with a first-class degree in zoology. He was the first recipient of a DPhil at Oxford University.[3] He remained at Oxford until 1919, first as a demonstrator in forest zoology and human embryology, then as a lecturer in histology in 1917. In 1918 he became the senior demy of Magdalen College, Oxford.[1]

In 1915, during World War I, Gatenby was 'at the front in France' but was recalled to finish his medical studies at Oxford.[4]

Gatenby left Oxford in 1919 for a post at University College, London. He was appointed there as the senior assistant in zoology and comparative anatomy. In 1920, he was made a lecturer in cytology. In 1921, he moved to Trinity College, Dublin He was appointed professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1921. He became the professor of cytology. In 1922, Gatenby married Enid (Molly) Meade and they had four children, including the Medical Director of the UN, Peter Gatenby.[5] After Molly's death in 1950, he married Constance Harris.[1]

His work

Gatenby produced original research on many insects and the structure of their cells. His most important work was studying Golgi bodies in various animals, including humans.[1]

He published:

And also published was: In memoriam James Brontë Gatenby. By E. T. Freeman, Irish journal of medical science, p. 437, September, 1960, September, 1960

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gatenby, James Brontë". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  2. ↑ http://www.academia.edu/2065029/The_history_of_the_golgi_apparatus_in_neurones_from_its_discovery_in_1898_to_electron_microscopy
  3. ↑ http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3k8/kennedy-david
  4. ↑ http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP19150614.2.136
  5. ↑ June Shannon (16 Sep 2010). "Laying the clinical cornerstone". The Medical Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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