Background
Gatenby was born in Wanganui, New Zealand.
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James Gatenby
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In 1916, he graduated with a first-class degree in zoology. He was the first recipient of a Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford University.
Career
He progressed from Saint Patrick"s College in Wellington to Jesus College, Oxford. He remained at Oxford until 1919, first as a demonstrator in forest zoology and human embryology, then as a lecturer in histology in 1917. In 1918 he became the senior demy of Magdalen College, Oxford.
In 1915, during World War I, Gatenby was "at the front in France" but was recalled to finish his medical studies at Oxford.
Gatenby left Oxford in 1919 for a post at University College, London. He was appointed there as the senior assistant in zoology and comparative anatomy.
In 1920, he was made a lecturer in cytology. In 1921, he moved to Trinity College, Dublin He was appointed professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1921.
He became the professor of cytology.
In 1922, Gatenby married Enid (Molly) Meade and they had four children, including the Medical Director of the United Nations, Peter Gatenby. Gatenby produced original research on many insects and the structure of their cells. His most important work was studying Golgi bodies in various animals, including humans.
He published:
Biological Laboratory Technique by James Bronte Gatenby (1937)
Microtomist"s Vade-Mecum by Arthur Bolles Lee, James Brontë Gatenby and Edmund Vincent Cowdry (1928)
And also published was: In memoriam James Brontë Gatenby.
By East. T. Freeman, Irish journal of medical science, p. 437, September, 1960, September, 1960.
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Nationality
New Zealand