Richard Perham

{{Infobox scientist

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| name = Richard Perham

| honorific_suffix = FRS FMedSci

| image = Richard Perham.gif

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| birth_name = Richard Nelson Perham

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|04|27}}

| birth_place = Brentford, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|02|14|1937|04|27}}

| death_place = Cambridge, England

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| field = Biochemistry

| work_institution = St John's College, Cambridge; Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

| alma_mater = University of Cambridge

| doctoral_advisor =

| doctoral_students = Nigel Scrutton{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|title=Mechanistic and structural studies on glutathione reductase by protein engineering|first= Nigel Shaun|last=Scrutton|date=1988|url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303322|oclc=557267794}}

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| prizes = {{Plainlist|

Fellow of the Royal Society (1984)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts{{when|date=December 2016}}
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences{{when|date=December 2016}}}}

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| website = {{URL|http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/richardperham}}

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Richard Nelson Perham, FRS, FMedSci, FRSA (27 April 1937 – 14 February 2015), was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge 2004–07.{{cite web|title=Richard Nelson PERHAM – Biography|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/6481/Richard-Nelson-PERHAM|publisher=Debretts|access-date=22 April 2014}}{{cite web|title=Fellow – Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci|url=http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/professor-richard-perham/|publisher=The Academy of Medical Sciences|access-date=22 April 2014}} He was also editor-in-chief of FEBS Journal (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) from 1998 to 2013.[http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/professor-richard-perham/ Profile: Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci] The Academy of Medical Sciences[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/6481/Richard-Nelson-PERHAM Profile: Richard Nelson Perham] Debretts

Education

Perham attended Latymer Upper School, then St John's College, Cambridge, where he completed his MA (Cantab), PhD and ScD.{{Cite web|title=Professor Richard Nelson Perham ScD FRS FMedSci, 1937–2015 {{!}} StJohns|url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/professor-richard-perham-1937-2015|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.joh.cam.ac.uk}} Perham then went on to become a MRC scholar at Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), also at Cambridge.{{cite news|url=http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/professor-richard-perham-1937-2015|title=Professor Richard Perham 1937–2015|publisher=joh.cam.ac.uk|date=16 February 2015}}

Research and career

Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies.{{cite journal|last=Martin|first=Seamus J|title=Editorial – The FEBS Journal: passing the editorial baton|journal=The FEBS Journal|date=January 2014|volume=281|issue=1|pages=1–2|doi=10.1111/febs.12650|hdl=2262/75314|s2cid=83822402|hdl-access=free}}{{cite journal|last=Parham|first=Peter|title=Editorial - R. N. Perham at the helm: 1998–2013|journal=The FEBS Journal|date=December 2013|volume=280|issue=24|page=6279|doi=10.1111/febs.12585|doi-access=free}}

= Societies =

Perham was a member of the following organisations and societies:

1965 Biochemical Society member
1983 EMBO Member
1986 Royal Institution for Great Britain member
1992 Academia Europaea member

=Awards and fellowships =

His awards include:

1971 (EMBO) fellowship Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung), Heidelberg
1984 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)Berry, Alan; Radford, Sheena E. (2018). "Richard Nelson Perham. 27 April 1937–14 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2018.0004
1988 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
1993 [http://www.mpg.de/mpResearchAward Max Planck Research Prize]
1998 Novartis Medal and Prize of the Biochemical Society
2000 Silver Medal of the Italian Biochemical Society
2005 Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
2008 [http://www.bnl.gov/iapsap/ Edman Prize International Association of Protein Structure and Proteomics (IAPSAP)]
2011 Diplôme d'Honneur of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies

= Selected bibliography =

{{cite book | last = Perham | first = Richard N | title = Instrumentation in amino acid sequence analysis | publisher = Academic Press | location = London New York | year = 1975 | isbn = 978-0-12-551250-3 }}
{{cite book | last1 = Perham | first1 = Richard N | last2 = Chapman | first2 = Stephen | last3 = Scrutton | first3 = Nigel | title = Flavins and flavoproteins 2002: proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium, St. John's College, University of Cambridge, UK, July 14–18, 2002 | publisher = Rudolf Weber, Agency for Scientific Publications | location = Berlin | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-3-00-010229-5 }}
{{cite book | last1 = Perham | first1 = Richard N | last2 = Baumeister | first2 = Wolfgang | last3 = Johnson | first3 = Louise | last4 = Steven | first4 = Alasdair | title = Instrumentation in amino acid sequence analysis | publisher = Academic Press | location = London New York | year = 1975 | isbn = 978-0-12-551250-3 }}