John William Sutton Pringle
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1912 – 1982
Who was John William Sutton Pringle?
Sir John William Sutton Pringle FRS was a British zoologist. His research interests were in insect physiology, especially proprioception, flight muscle, and cicada song.
Pringle studied at King's College, Cambridge where he took a first class degree in the Natural Sciences Tripos. He was appointed Demonstrator in Zoology at the University of Cambridge, 1937–1938, and Fellow of King's College, 1938–1944. After war service in radar he returned to Cambridge as Lecturer in Zoology and fellow of Peterhouse. In 1959 he was appointed Reader in Experimental Cytology. In 1961 he moved to the Linacre Chair of Zoology at Merton College, Oxford.
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1954.
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- Born
- Jul 22, 1912
Manchester - Also known as
- J. W. S. Pringle
- Education
- King's College, Cambridge
- Died
- Nov 2, 1982
Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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