Adrian Horridge
British neurobiologist (1927–2024)
George Adrian Horridge FRS FAA (12 December 1927 – 30 April 2024) was an Australian neurobiologist and professor at Australian National University.
Life and career
Horridge was born in Sheffield, England, to George William Horridge (1897–1981) and Olive (1899–1995), daughter of Albert Stray, who owned a chain of sweetshops. The Horridge family had operated a business in Sheffield- William Horridge and Company, "Stag, Buck, Horn, Wood and Buffalo Handles, and Scale Cutters"- since 1750, producing amongst other things ivory scales for piano keys, combs, and knife handles. His paternal grandfather was the last to be involved with the company, which was sold in 1921 for £15,000 ("when you could buy a house for £100"); after World War I, Horridge's father started a motorbike repair and sale business in his back yard, which expanded until he and a business partner were substantial motorcycle agents with a showroom and repair shops.
He attended King Edward VII School. He obtained a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge in 1946.
He earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge and was appointed to a Fellowship in Chemistry at St. John's in 1953. From 1960 till 1969, he was Director of the Gatty Marine Laboratory at the University of St Andrews.
From 1969 till 1993, he was a professor at the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University, and subsequently emeritus Professor.
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