Peter Farmer (toxicologist)
Peter Brownlee Farmer | |
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| Born | 30 March 1947 |
| Occupation | Toxicologist |
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Peter Farmer FRSC, CChem is a British toxicologist.
Farmer attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1957 to 1963 and won an Open Scholarship in Natural Sciences to Lincoln College, Oxford where he took a first in chemistry.[1]
Farmer spent most of his early career as a researcher with the Toxicology Unit at the Medical Research Council.[2]
In 2002 he was appointed joint Director of the MRC's Cancer Biomarkers and Prevention ESS (external scientific staff ) Group at the University of Leicester.[2] He was also an Honorary Professor in Biochemistry and Cancer Studies at Leicester,[2] becoming emeritus on retirement.[3]
He served as chair of the Government Advisory Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, beginning in 2001.[2]
References
- ^ RGS High Wycombe School Lists - https://www.saund.org.uk/rgs/greybooks.html
- ^ a b c d Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004). Environmental Toxicology: The legacy of Silent Spring. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-091-5. OL 11612218M. Wikidata Q29581678.
- ^ "Staff list". University of Leicester. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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