Hugh Macdonald Sinclair, British medical research institute administrator. Fellow Royal College Physicians, Royal Society Medicine, Royal Society Chemistry, Institute Biology, American Institute Nutrition; member Physiological Society (honorary treasurer 1954-1961), Athenaeum.
Background
Sinclair, Hugh Macdonald was born on February 4, 1910 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Hugh Montgomerie and Rosalie Sybil (Jackson) S. Bachelor of Science, Oxford University (England), 1933, Master of Arts, 1936, D.M., 1939, postgraduate University College Hospital, London, 1934-1937.
Career
Lecturer in biochemistry Oxford University, 1937-1947, fellow Magdalen College, since 1937, director Oxford Nutrition Survey, 1942-1947. Director laboratory human nutrition, 1951-1958. Director International Institute Human Nutrition Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, since 1972.
Honorary nutrition consultant as brigadier Control Commission for Germany, 1945-1947.
Membership
Fellow Royal College Physicians, Royal Society Medicine, Royal Society Chemistry, Institute Biology, American Institute Nutrition. Member Physiological Society (honorary treasurer 1954-1961), Athenaeum.