Re:DNA genius and double Nobel Prize winner Fred Sanger dies...
by arethuza on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @08:44AM
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Some great stuff on his Wikipedia page:
- "struggled with physics and mathematics" :-)
- "He agreed to having the Centre named after him when asked by John Sulston, the founding director, but warned, 'It had better be good.'"
- "My father was a committed Quaker and I was brought up as a Quaker, and for them truth is very important. I drifted away from those beliefs - one is obviously looking for truth but one needs some evidence for it. Even if I wanted to believe in God I would find it very difficult. I would need to see proof."
- 'He declined the offer of a knighthood as he did not wish to be addressed as "Sir"'
- "the most self-effacing person you could hope to meet"
I hope someone writes a good biography of him - I wonder if Andrew Hodges (who wrote 'Alan Turing: The Enigma') could be persuaded....
- "struggled with physics and mathematics" :-)
- "He agreed to having the Centre named after him when asked by John Sulston, the founding director, but warned, 'It had better be good.'"
- "My father was a committed Quaker and I was brought up as a Quaker, and for them truth is very important. I drifted away from those beliefs - one is obviously looking for truth but one needs some evidence for it. Even if I wanted to believe in God I would find it very difficult. I would need to see proof."
- 'He declined the offer of a knighthood as he did not wish to be addressed as "Sir"'
- "the most self-effacing person you could hope to meet"
I hope someone writes a good biography of him - I wonder if Andrew Hodges (who wrote 'Alan Turing: The Enigma') could be persuaded....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Sanger