Richard Perham

Richard Perham
FRS FMedSci
Born
Richard Nelson Perham

(1937-04-27)27 April 1937
Brentford, Middlesex, England
Died14 February 2015(2015-02-14) (aged 77)
Cambridge, England
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
WorkplacesSt John's College, Cambridge; Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Doctoral students
Nigel Scrutton
Websitewww.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/richardperham

Richard Nelson Perham (27 April 1937 – 14 February 2015), was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge 2004–07. He was also editor-in-chief of FEBS Journal (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) from 1998 to 2013.

Education

Perham attended Latymer Upper School, then St John's College, Cambridge, where he completed his MA (Cantab), PhD and ScD. Perham then went on to become a MRC scholar at Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), also at Cambridge.

Research and career

Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies.

Societies

Perham was a member of the following organisations and societies:

Awards and fellowships

His awards include:

Selected bibliography

Personal life

Perham was married to Canadian cell biologist Nancy Lane Perham, and they had two children together.

References

  1. ↑ Scrutton, Nigel Shaun (1988). Mechanistic and structural studies on glutathione reductase by protein engineering (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 557267794.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Richard Nelson PERHAM – Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fellow – Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Profile: Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci The Academy of Medical Sciences
  5. ↑ Profile: Richard Nelson Perham Debretts
  6. 1 2 "Professor Richard Nelson Perham ScD FRS FMedSci, 1937–2015 | StJohns". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Professor Richard Perham 1937–2015". joh.cam.ac.uk. 16 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Martin, Seamus J (January 2014). "Editorial – The FEBS Journal: passing the editorial baton". The FEBS Journal. 281 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1111/febs.12650. hdl:2262/75314. S2CID 83822402.
  9. ↑ Parham, Peter (December 2013). "Editorial - R. N. Perham at the helm: 1998–2013". The FEBS Journal. 280 (24): 6279. doi:10.1111/febs.12585.
  10. ↑ Berry, Alan; Radford, Sheena E. (2018). "Richard Nelson Perham. 27 April 1937–14 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2018.0004