Hugh Davson
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1909 – 1996
Who was Hugh Davson?
Hugh Davson was a 20th-century English physiologist who worked on membrane transport and ocular fluids. He attended University College School. He later studied at University College London and took a variety of research posts at institutes such as UCL, and Canada's Dalhousie University. With James Danielli he proposed a model for cell membrane structure which became known as the Davson-Danielli or "protein sandwich" model. In 1931 he married the society portrait painter Marjorie Heath with whom he had one daughter. He was a cousin of the renowned journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke.
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- Born
- 1909
- Education
- University College London
- University College School
- Died
- 1996
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on July 23, 2013
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