Rex Malcolm Chaplin Dawson

Rex Malcolm Chaplin Dawson
FRS
Born(1924-06-03)3 June 1924
Died29 March 2021(2021-03-29) (aged 96)
EducationHinckley Grammar School
Alma materUniversity College London
Known forWork on how phospholipids govern membrane biology
SpousesEmily Elizabeth Hodder
June Margaret Buschman (née Pepper)
ChildrenHazel Anne
John Rex
AwardsFRS
Scientific career
InstitutionsCardiff University
University of Oxford
Babraham Institute
Thesis (1949)
Doctoral advisorDerek Richter

Rex Malcolm Chaplin Dawson FRS (1924–2021) was a British biochemist whose research was primarily dedicated to the study of phospholipids. His career was based at the Babraham Institute, Cambridge, starting in 1955, in the newly formed biochemistry department.

He served as honorary publications secretary for The Biochemical Society (1973–1980), and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1981.