Background
Barker, Horace Albert was born on November 29, 1907 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Albert Charles and Nettie (Hindry) Barker.
Barker, Horace Albert was born on November 29, 1907 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Albert Charles and Nettie (Hindry) Barker.
AB, Stanford University, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1933. Doctor of Science (honorary), Case-Western Reserve University, 1964.
Doctor honoris causa, University München, Federal Republic Germany, 1990.
National Research Council fellow Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, 1933—1935. General education board fellow Technology University, Delft, 1935—1936. Guggenheim fellow Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1941—1942.
Instructor soil microbiology University California, Berkeley, 1936—1940, assistant professor soil microbiology, 1940—1945, associate professor microbiology, 1945—1946, professor microbiology, soil microbiologist, 1946—1959, professor biochemistry, microbiologist, 1959—1975, professor emeritus molecular and cell biology, from 1975. Guggenheim fellow, visiting professor microbiology New York University Medical School, 1962. Visiting professor biochemistry Stanford Medical School, 1962.
Chairman department plant nutrition University California, Berkeley, 1949—1955, chairman department plant biochemistry, 1950—1953, chairman department biochemistry, 1962—1964. Director Annual Reviews Inc., Palo Alto, California, 1946—1962.
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Author: Bacterial Fermentations, 1956. Contributor articles to professional journals. Patentee in field.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, American Society Microbiology, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Fishing and mountaineering.
Married Margaret McDowell, August 29, 1933. Children: Barbara B. Friede, Elizabeth B. Mark, Robert H.