Trevor Ian Shaw

Trevor Ian Shaw
Trevor Ian Shaw
Born	18 March 1928; York, North Yorkshire, England
Died	26 September 1972 (aged 44)
Education	Great Ayton and Bootham School, York
Alma mater	Clare College, Cambridge
Known for	Professor at Queen Mary College, London
Spouse	Hanna Schmeltzer
Children	2 daughters
Parents	Donovan Shaw (father); Mona Shaw (mother);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biology
Military career
Service / branch	British Army
Unit	Royal Army Medical Corps

Trevor Ian Shaw (18 March 1928 – 26 September 1972) was an English experimental biologist who pioneered studies in physiology and biochemistry contributing to the understanding of transport across cell membranes against concentration gradients through active metabolism and the exchange of sodium and potassium ions. He also examined the mechanism by which the seaweed Laminaria digitata accumulated iodine and was known for his innovative experimental techniques.^[1]

Background

Shaw was born in York to Donovan and Mona. Educated at Great Ayton and Bootham School, York, he went to Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine. His interests were mainly in physiology and he was encouraged by E.D. Adrian, Alan Hodgkin, Frederick Russell, and others. He obtained a PhD in 1954 for studies on sodium and potassium movement in red blood cells under A. L. Hodgkin.

National Service

He then served in the Second World War where he became a close friend of John Treherne.

Academia

After the war he worked at Plymouth. In 1966 he became a professor at Queen Mary College, London. He collaborated with David Gilbert, Gordon Newell and K.A. Simkiss. He was among the first to use luciferin to detect ATP activity in physiological experiments.^[2]^[3]

Personal life

He married Hanna Schmeltzer who he met on a Channel crossing. They had two daughters Susan Cordelia and Caroline Imogen. He died at the age of 44 in a railway accident.^[2]

References

^ Shaw, T.I. (1959-04-21). "The mechanism of iodide accumulation by the brown sea weed Laminaria digitata The uptake of 131 I". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 150 (940): 356–371. doi:10.1098/rspb.1959.0027. ISSN 2053-9193. S2CID 9979725.
^ ^a ^b Denton, E.J. (1974). "Trevor Ian Shaw, 1928-1972". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 20: 359–380. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1974.0016. PMID 11615761.
^ Anon. (1972). "Professor Trevor Ian Shaw". Nature. 240 (5376): 114–115. doi:10.1038/240114c0. PMID 4564816.

[1] Shaw, T.I. (1959-04-21). "The mechanism of iodide accumulation by the brown sea weed Laminaria digitata The uptake of 131 I". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 150 (940): 356–371. doi:10.1098/rspb.1959.0027. ISSN 2053-9193. S2CID 9979725.

[:0-2] Denton, E.J. (1974). "Trevor Ian Shaw, 1928-1972". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 20: 359–380. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1974.0016. PMID 11615761.

[3] Anon. (1972). "Professor Trevor Ian Shaw". Nature. 240 (5376): 114–115. doi:10.1038/240114c0. PMID 4564816.

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