Barnet Woolf
Barnet Woolf | |
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Barnet Woolf | |
| Born | 24 November 1902 Hackney, London |
| Died | 20 March 1983 (aged 80) Fife, Scotland |
| Education | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Linear plots in enzyme kinetics; political activism |
| Spouse | Cecil Drillien (m. 1945) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Sir William Dunn Institute of Biochemistry, Cambridge; Clinical Laboratory of the London Hospital; Birmingham University; Edinburgh University |
| Thesis | Resting Bacteria and Enzyme Action |
| Academic advisors | Frederick Gowland Hopkins, John Marrack, Lancelot Hogben |
Barnet Woolf FRSE (24 November 1902 – 20 March 1983) was a 20th-century British scientist, whose disciplines had a broad scope. He made lasting contributions to biochemistry, genetics, epidemiology, nutrition, public health, statistics, and computer science. His name appears in the Hanes–Woolf plot for enzyme kinetic data.