Peter Norman Russell Usherwood

Background

Usherwood, Peter Norman Russell was born on October 7, 1936 in Gravesend, Kent, England. Son of Donald Mann and Elsie Daphne (Russell) Usherwood.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Wales, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Glasgow, 1962.

Career

From assistant lecturer to lecturer, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1960-1968; senior lecturer, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1968-1974; professor, U. Nottingham, England, since 1974. Committee chairman Science and Engineering Research Council, United Kingdom, 1976-1993. Executive editorSheffield (England) Academy Press, since 1994.

Consultant Blackie & Sons Ltd., Glasgow, 1968-1989, Pharmaceutic and Pesticide Indiana Worldwide, 1966-1994.

Achievements

• Peter Norman Russell Usherwood has been listed as a noteworthy Science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Insect Muscle

Membership

Member Children's Panel, Scotland, 1972. Member of advisory committee Ministry Agriculture and Fisheries, London, 1974. Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh, Institute Biology, Zoological Society London, Society for Experimental Biology (president 1980), British Pharmalogical Society, British Physiological Society, British Society for Chemistry Industry.

Interests

• Avocations: scientific research, association football, novel writing.

Connections

Married Gloria Marina Hopton, September 27, 1958. Children: Keri Andrew, Russell David, Stephen Paul, Lisa Jane.

Father:

Donald Mann Usherwood

Mother:

Elsie Daphne (Russell) Usherwood

Spouse:

Gloria Marina Hopton

child:

Stephen Paul Usherwood

child:

Russell David Usherwood

child:

Lisa Jane Usherwood

child:

Keri Andrew Usherwood