Michael Denis Gale Explained

Michael Denis Gale FRS (25 August 1943 - 18 July 2009) was a British plant geneticist.^[1]

He studied at West Buckland School, Birmingham University, and Aberystwyth University with Hubert Rees. He worked at the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, and the John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park.^[2] He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996.^[3]

Awards and honours

• 1994 − gold medal from the Royal Horticultural Society
• 1998 − The Royal Society Darwin Medal, jointly with Professor Graham Moore

Works

• Michael D. Gale and Katrien M. Devos, "Comparative genetics in the grasses", Proc Natl Acad Sci. 1998 March 3; 95(5): 1971–1974

Notes and References

1. http://www.akademiai.com/content/p352243253k62861/
2. Web site: Appendices.
3. Flavell. Richard B.. Snape. John W.. 2020. Michael Denis Gale. 25 August 1943—18 July 2009. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 69. 203–223. 10.1098/rsbm.2020.0011. 221298637. free.