Background
Henderson, Richard was born on July 19, 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of John Wastle and Grace Simpson (Goldie) Henderson.
researcher molecular biologist
Henderson, Richard was born on July 19, 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of John Wastle and Grace Simpson (Goldie) Henderson.
Bachelor of Science in Physics first class, Edinburgh University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1970.
Member research staff Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, 1969-1970, 73-79, senior research staff, 1979-1984, special appointments grade research staff, 1984-1986, joint head division structural studies, 1986-2000, deputy director, 1995-1996, director, since 1996. Postdoctoral fellow Yale University, New Haven, 1970-1973. Lecturer in field.
Fellow Darwin College, Royal Society, Academy Medical Sciences (London). Member European Molecular Biology Organization, National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate).
Married Penelope Fitzgerald, 1969 (divorced 1988). Children: Jennifer, Alastair. Married Jade Li, 1995.