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Don Bacon (microbiologist)
New Zealand microbiologist (1926–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donald Frederick Bacon (6 April 1926 – 28 August 2020) was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1966, he was appointed the inaugural professor of microbiology at Massey University, where he remained until his retirement in 1989.
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Born | Donald Frederick Bacon (1926-04-06)6 April 1926 Gisborne, New Zealand |
Died | 28 August 2020(2020-08-28) (aged 94) Palmerston North, New Zealand |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Spouse |
Florence Zoe Thanassi
(died 2010) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbiology |
Institutions | University of Otago Massey University |
Thesis | Studies of mutational processes in bacteria (1958) |
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