Background
Crofts, Antony Richard was born on January 26, 1940 in Harrow, England. Son of Richard Basil Iliffe and Vera Rosetta (Bland) Crofts. came to the United States, 1978.
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Antony Richard Crofts, British Biophysics educator. Major scholar national science U. Cambridge, 1958-1961, University of Illinois scholar, 1989-1992; grantee unites states department Energy, 1982-1996, Guggenheim Foundation, 1985, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Agriculture, 1979-1998.
Education
Bachelor, U. Cambridge, England, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, England, 1965.
Career
Assistant lecturer department biochemistry, U. Bristol, England, 1964-1965;
lecturer, U. Bristol, England, 1966-1972;
reader, U. Bristol, England, 1972-1978;
professor biophysics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, since 1978;
professor microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, since 1992;
chairman biophysics division, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1978-1991;
associate dean College Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1996-1998;
professor biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, since 1998. Member organizing committee 4th International Congress Photosynthesis, Reading, England, 1977, 7th International Congress Photosynthesis, Providence, 1986, Table Ronde, Rousel-University of California at Los Angeles Forum, Paris, 1985. Visiting professor College de France, 1983.
Melandri lecturer European BioEnergetics Conference, Lyon, France,1982.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Biophysics Society, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society Plant Physiologists (Charles F. Kettering award 1992).
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Married Paula Anne Hinds-Johnson, June 7, 1969 (divorced 1981). 1 child, Charlotte Victoria Patricia. 1 adopted child, Rupert Charles.
Married Christine Thompson Yerkes, December 23, 1982. Children: Stephanie Boynton, Terence Spencer.
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British
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Major scholar national science U. Cambridge, 1958-1961, University of Illinois scholar, 1989-1992. Grantee unites states department Energy, 1982-1996, Guggenheim Foundation, 1985, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Agriculture, 1979-1998.Major scholar national science U. Cambridge, 1958-1961, University of Illinois scholar, 1989-1992. Grantee unites states department Energy, 1982-1996, Guggenheim Foundation, 1985, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Agriculture, 1979-1998.