What is it about?
This is an account of the life and work of Professor Patricia Clarke, FRS, from her schooldays to her election to Fellowship of the Royal Society and her years in retirement. It includes an evaluation of her contribution to our understanding of microbial evolution and of her contribution to the community in science and education.
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Why is it important?
Patricia Clarke made important contributions to our understanding of the ways in which bacteria adapt to their environments through selective genetic changes. She was also influential in the development of biochemical engineering in the UK and in promoting improvements in the opportunities for women in science and education.
Perspectives
I was an undergraduate, Ph D student and postdoctoral associate under Patricia Clarke's supervision and benefited enormously from her influence and support. I subsequently followed her remarkably successful career very closely and was privileged to be invited to write this biographical memoir.
Professor William J Brammar
University of Leicester
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This page is a summary of: Patricia Hannah Clarke. 29 July 1919 — 28 January 2010, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, August 2015, Royal Society Publishing,
DOI: 10.1098/rsbm.2015.0012.
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