Robin HOLLIDAY

Background

Holliday, Robin was born on November 6, 1932 in Jaffa, Palestine. Son of Albert Clifford and Eunice Dora (Blackwell) Holliday.

Education

Bachelor, University Cambridge, England, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1959.

Career

Research scientist, John Innes Institute, Hertford, England, 1958-1965; research associate department genetics, U. Washington, Seattle, 1962-1963; research scientist, National Institute Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, 1965-1970; head division genetics, National Institute Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, 1970-1988; chief research scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, North Ryde, Australia, 1988-1997.

Achievements

• Robin Holliday has been listed as a noteworthy Geneticist, cell biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Science of Human Progress

    (The discovery of the molecular basis of life has produced...)

  • Slaves and saviours: A novel exploring science in the twenty-first century

    (PREDICTS THE FUTURE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN THE TWENTY F...)

Membership

Scientific staff, Department, of Genetics, John Innes Institute Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire 1958-1965. Scientific staff, Division of Microbiology, National Institute for Medical Research 70, Head, Division of Genetics 1970-1988.

Interests

• Travel, sculpture.

Connections

Married Diana Collet Parsons (divorced 1983). Children: David, Caroline, Rebecca, Emma. Married Lily Irene Huschtscha, September 9, 1986.

1 child, Mira.

Father:

Albert Clifford Holliday

Mother:

Eunice Dora (Blackwell) Holliday

Spouse:

Diana Collet Parsons

Spouse:

Lily Irene Huschtscha

child:

David Holliday

child:

Emma Holliday

child:

Caroline Holliday

child:

Rebecca Holliday

child:

Mira Holliday