Salaman, Redcliffe N. (Redcliffe Nathan), 1874-1955

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Dates:

Birth 1874

Death 1955

Nationality: Britons

Language: English

Biographical notes:

Epithet: FRS

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Epithet: author

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Redcliffe Nathan Salaman (1874-1955) was educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he read for the natural sciences tripos. He was awarded his M.D. in 1904, but gave up medical work because he was suffering from tuberculosis. In 1905 he turned to the study of genetics, with particular reference to the potato, and published Potato Varieties in 1926 and The History and Social Influence of the Potato in 1949. He was director of the Potato Virus Research Institute, Cambridge, 1926-1939, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935 and an honorary fellow of Trinity Hall in 1955. In 1901 he married Nina (1877-1925), daughter of Arthur Davis, by whom he had four sons and two daughters. He married Getrude, daughter of Ernest D. Lowy, in 1926.

From the guide to the Redcliffe Nathan Salaman: Scientific, Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1956, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)