John William Sutton Pringle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John William Sutton Pringle

British zoologist

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1912

Place of Birth: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1982

Profession: zoologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sir John William Sutton Pringle FRS (J.W.S.
Pringle) (1912–1982) was a British zoologist.
His research interests were in insect physiology, especially proprioception, flight muscle, and cicada song. Pringle studied at King's College, Cambridge where he took a first class degree in the Natural Sciences Tripos.
He was appointed Demonstrator in Zoology at the University of Cambridge, 1937–1938, and Fellow of King's College, 1938–1944.
After war service in radar with the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) he returned to Cambridge as Lecturer in Zoology and fellow of Peterhouse.
In 1959 he was appointed Reader in Experimental Cytology.
In 1961 he moved to the Linacre Chair of Zoology at Merton College, Oxford. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1954.