Vickery, Hubert Bradford, 1893-1978

Hubert Bradford Vickery was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on February 28, 1893. He received both his B.Sc. in 1915 and his M.Sc. in 1918 from Dalhousie University and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1922. He was appointed assistant biochemist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1922-1928, biochemist in charge, 1928-1963, emeritus biochemist, 1963-1978. From 1924 to 1963, he taught as a lecturer at Yale University. In 1946, he was an observer at the Bikini Island atomic bomb tests. Vickery was an active experimentalist on the organic acids and proteins in plants whose successful efforts resulted in more than 200 publications in biochemical journals. He died on September 27, 1978.

Hubert Bradford Vickery was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on February 28, 1893. He received both his B. Sc. (1915) and his M. Sc. (1918) from Dalhousie University and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1922. He was appointed assistant biochemist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1922-1928, biochemist in charge, 1928-1963, emeritus biochemist, 1963-1978. From 1924 to 1963, he taught as a lecturer at Yale University. In 1946, he was an observer at the Bikini Island atomic bomb tests. Vickery was an active experimentalist on the organic acids and proteins in plants whose successful efforts resulted in more than 200 publications in biochemical journals. He died on September 27, 1978.