David Catcheside, Date of Birth, Date of Death

David Catcheside

botanist (1907-1994)

Date of Birth: 31-May-1907

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1994

Profession: botanist, geneticist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

David Guthrie Catcheside FRS (31 May 1907 – 1 June 1994) was a British plant geneticist. He was educated at Strand School and King's College London (BSc).
He was a Lecturer in Botany at King's College London from 1933 to 1936, and at the University of Cambridge from 1937 to 1950.
He was Professor of Genetics at the University of Adelaide from 1952 to 1955, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Birmingham from 1956 to 1964, and Professor of Genetics at the Australian National University from 1964 to 1972.He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951.
He was also a Fellow of King's College London and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.