Eric Newsholme
Eric Newsholme | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 May 1935 Liverpool |
| Died | 17 March 2011 (aged 75) Torquay, Devon, England |
| Education | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Biochemistry for the Medical Sciences (with Tony Leech, 1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry (human metabolism) |
| Workplaces | Merton College, Oxford; Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford |
| Philip Randle | |
Other academic advisors | Hans Krebs |
Eric Arthur Newsholme (19 May 1935 – 17 March 2011)[1] was a biochemist who specialised in human metabolism. He was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1973 until his retirement in 1995, and published a number of seminal textbooks and research papers.[1]
Life and career
Newsholme was born in Liverpool on 19 May 1935, and was brought up in the city's West Derby suburb.[1] In 1955, he went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, to read Natural Sciences, and then to study for his PhD degree in Biochemistry under the supervision of Philip Randle.[1] In 1961, he published his first full paper in the Biochemical Journal (on the regulation of glucose uptake by muscle, co-authored with Philip Randle). This was to be followed by more than 100 papers published in that journal; around 20 of these have gone on to be recognized as seminal papers by the research community.[1]
After completing his doctorate, in 1964 he moved to the University of Oxford as a researcher with Sir Hans Krebs.[1][2][3] In 1973, he was made a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry,[3] where for the next 22 years he trained PhD degree students and postdoctoral scientists in research techniques in his laboratory.[1][2]
Newsholme married Pauline Anderson in 1959; they had a son and two daughters, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[1][2] He was a lifelong fan of Liverpool Football Club.[1][2] He took up marathon running in his mid-30s, and successfully completed around 40 marathons.[1][2][3]
Publications
- Regulation in Metabolism (with C. Start, 1973)
- Biochemistry for the Medical Sciences (with Tony Leech, 1983) - updated as Functional Biochemistry in Health and Disease (with Tony Leech, 2010)
- Keep on Running (with Tony Leech and Glenda Duester, 1994)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Eric Arthur Newsholme (1935–2011)" (PDF). The Biochemist: 57. June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Castell, Lindy. "Obituary for Professor Eric Arthur Newsholme, MA, DSc, (PhD, ScD Camb)". BMJ Blogs. BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 Michael Gleeson; Nicolette Bishop; Neil Walsh (2013). Exercise Immunology. Routledge. p. 202. ISBN 1136455868.