The Biochemical Journal Vol 12

Excerpt from The Biochemical Journal, Vol. 12: 1918 Harold Ackroyd was the son of Mr Edward Ackroyd, for many years chairman of the Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway. His schools were Mintholme College, Southport, and Shrewsbury. He joined Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and took his B.A. in 1899. In the following year he attended the lectures and practical classes as then arranged for physiology in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos, though, from the first, he had no intention of entering for the examination. In the work of the chemical section I remember how good for his teacher was the critical attitude he displayed towards the methods used in the practical classes. His were criticisms not verbally expressed but set down in his note book in the form of figures. While others were for the most part content to employ a method "as directed" Ackroyd was apt to test first the limits of its accuracy. Then, as later, and always, he was impatient of compromise, and had no use for the second best, in laboratory methods or anything else; but once at work he spared himself no pains to reach the highest grade of accuracy possible under the circumstances. He went to Guy's Hospital for his clinical training and took his medical degrees in due course. Later lie was House-Surgeon at Queens Hospital, Birmingham, and then worked for a time at the David Lewis Northern Hospital, Liverpool. He possessed ample private means and never attempted ordinary medical practice. He hesitated a good deal before deciding to devote himself entirely to scientific research though so well qualified to do it. He was fond of travel and had a passion for the sea. While undecided about his career he indulged these tastes freely, going for long voyages in slow boats and exploring Europe pretty thoroughly. After his marriage he decided to settle down to biochemical research at Cambridge. He went therefore to reside at Royston, and attached himself, first to the Department of Pharmacology, and afterwards to the School of Agriculture where he accepted a post in the newly founded Institute for the study of Animal Nutrition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Vols. 36- include Proceedings of the Biochemical Society.

Vols. 36- include Proceedings of the Biochemical Society.

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