Alan Sterling Parkes Explained

Sir Alan Sterling Parkes
Honorific Suffix:	FRS CBE
Birth Date:	10 September 1900
Death Date:	17 July 1990 (aged 89)
Alma Mater:	Christ's College, CambridgeUniversity of Manchester
Fields:	Reproductive biology
Awards:	Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1962)

Sir Alan Sterling Parkes, FRS, CBE (10 September 1900  - 17 July 1990) was an English reproductive biologist credited with Christopher Polge and Audrey Smith for the discovery that spermatozoa can be protected against induced damage induced by freezing and low-temperature storage using glycerol.^[1] This work enabled the development of the field of cryobiology.^[2]

Hall was educated at Willaston School.^[3]

He published on the reproductive effects of X-rays on mice, hormonal control of secondary sexual characteristics in birds, and aided Hilda Bruce in research that established the Bruce effect.^[4]

In 1962, Parkes was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Polge. C.. Smith. A. U.. Parkes. A. S.. 1949. Revival of Spermatozoa after Vitrification and Dehydration at Low Temperatures. Nature. en. 164. 4172. 666. 10.1038/164666a0. 18143360 . 4072629 . 1476-4687. free.
2. Polge. Christopher. 2006. Sir Alan Sterling Parkes. 10 September 1900 — 17 July 1990: Elected FRS 1933. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. en. 52. 263–283. 10.1098/rsbm.2006.0019. 18543475 . 0080-4606. free.
3. Web site: Willaston School Nantwich - Willaston Web . www.willastonweb.co.uk . Willaston Web . 21 May 2021.
4. Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900–1990), reproductive biologist. 2004 . en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/40018. 978-0-19-861412-8 . 2020-05-12.
5. Book: Marshall's Physiology of Reproduction. Chapman & Hall. 1994. 978-94-010-4561-2. Lamming. G.E.. 4th. 3. xviii. 10.1007/978-94-011-1286-4. 36620187.