Abercrombie, Michael (1912-1979)

The Author's and Writer's Who's Who, 6th ed., 1971: ABERCROMBIE, Michael, M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S., b: Ryton, Dymock, Glos.,1912. e: Leeds Grammar Sch.; Oxford Univ. m: M.L. Johnson. s: 1. Junior Research Fellow, The Queen's Coll., Oxford,1937-40; Beit Memorial Fellow, 1940-43; Prof. of Embryology, Univ. Coll. London, 1950-70; Dir., Strangeways Research Lab., from 1970. publ; Dictionary of Biology (with C. J. Hickman & M.L. Johnson) (Penguin Books). ctr: Various scientific journals. a: East Lodge, Little Shelford, Cambridge. t: Shelford 3366. 

Born: 14 August 1912, Ryton, Dymock, Gloucestershire. Died: 28 May 1979, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire.