Frank Dickens (1899 - 1986)

Born 15 Dec 1899 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Molly (Jelleyman) Dickens — married 1925 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 15 Jun 1986 at age 86 in Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Frank Dickens was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

Frank Dickens is Notable.

Frank was born in Northampton and educated at Northampton Grammar school, his aptitude for science won him a scholarship to Magdalen College, Cambridge. In 1923 he began research at the Middlesex Hospital with Edward Charles Dodds working on making insulin available to patients. He then worked on the female sex hormone stilboestrol. In 1929 he worked with Otto Warburg in Berlin and translated his book 'On the Metabolism of Tumors' into English. From 1933 to 1946 he was director of the Cancer Research Laboratory in Newcastle upon Tyne. Dodds then invited him back to the Courtauld Institute where he research the mechanism by which living tissue derives energy from carbohydrate and it's link to tumour growth. ^[1]

Frank was born in 1899. registered in the first quarter of the year in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.^[2]

He married Molly Jelleyman in 1925, registered in the first quarter of the year in Northampton.^[3]

He passed away in 1986, registered in the second quarter of the year in Worthing, Sussex.^[4]

See Also

Wikipedia entry for Frank Dicken Biochemist ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Frank Dicken BiochemistWikipedia contributors, "Frank Dickens (biochemist)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Dickens_(biochemist)&oldid=1021980146 (accessed August 2, 2021).
2. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content) : accessed 02 August 2021, database entry for DICKENS, FRANK ; GRO Reference: 1900 M Quarter in NORTHAMPTON Volume 03B Page 82 ; Mother's maiden name: PEBODY
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ5-2BXX : 8 October 2014), Frank Dickens and Molly Jelleyman, 1925; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1925, quarter 1, vol. 3B, p. 77, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content) : accessed 02 August 2021, database entry for DICKENS, FRANK ; GRO Reference: DOR Q2/1986 in WORTHING (7864A) Volume 18 Page 2351
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Frank Dickens (biochemist)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Dickens_(biochemist)&oldid=1021980146 (accessed August 2, 2021).