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Alec Jeffreys
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British geneticist
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Alec Jeffreys is a male geneticist born in Oxford in 1950. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom and works at the University of Leicester. His field of work is genetics, and his native language is English. He was educated at Merton College.
Jeffreys has received several awards, including the Copley Medal, the Royal Medal, and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is also a member of the Royal Society, the European Molecular Biology Organization, Academia Europaea, and the National Academy of Sciences. His work is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection, and the Copley Medal collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1950-01-09 ) 9 January 1950 (age 76) , Oxford , Oxfordshire , England
- Education
- University of Oxford ( BA , DPhil )
- Known for
- Genetic fingerprinting
- Spouse
- Susan Miles ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 )
- Awards
- Mendel Medal (1987) Bicentenary Medal (1987) Colworth Medal (1987) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1996) Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2004) Lasker award (2005) Royal Medal (2004) Copley Medal (2014) Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (2016)
- Fields
- Genetics
- Institutions
- University of Amsterdam University of Leicester
- Thesis
- Studies on the mitochondria of cultured mammalian cells (1975)
- Doctoral students
- Turi King
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Oxford
- Occupation
- geneticist
- Employer
- University of Leicester
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- genetics
- Image
- Alec Jeffreys.jpg
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- Alec Jeffreys
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- National Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1950-01-09
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- Alec Jeffreys
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Alec John Jeffreys (born 9 January 1950) is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes.
Jeffreys is professor of genetics at the University of Leicester, and became an honorary freeman of the City of Leicester on 26 November 1992. In 1994, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to genetics.
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