Keith Vickerman

Keith Vickerman FRS FRSE FMedSci (21 March 1933 – 28 June 2016)[2] was a British zoologist born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.[1] He was Regius Professor of Zoology in the University of Glasgow, 1984–98[3]. He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1996. A Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, he was one of the organization's founding members.[1]

Keith Vickerman
Born	(1933-03-21)21 March 1933 Huddersfield, Yorkshire[1]
Died	28 June 2016(2016-06-28) (aged 83)
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Moira Dutton[1]
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences Linnean Medal (1906)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Academic work
Main interests	Natural history, Zoology, Parasitology

Vickerman was the one who made the discovery that antigenic variation could occur in eukaryotic cells, namely in protozoa.[1]

References

1. Cox, Francis (November 2017). "Obituary of Professor Keith Vickerman FRS: 1931–2016". Parasitology. 144 (13): 1841–1843. doi:10.1017/S0031182017000403. ISSN 0031-1820.
2. "Professor Keith Vickerman". The Times. 13 July 2016. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
3. ‘VICKERMAN, Prof. Keith’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 12 July 2013