Alan Sterling Parkes
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1923.11.20 proposed by S.J. Hickson, seconded by G.U. Yule
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Alan Parkes was one of the most influential figures in the field of reproductive biology in the twentieth century. He had a huge impact on its growth and development during that time, and the legacy of his work still remains. [see biographies of members, Royal Society]
Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900–1990), reproductive biologist, was born on 10 September 1900 in Bank House, Castleton, near Rochdale, the younger son and third of four children of Ebenezer Thomas Parkes, bank manager, and his wife, Helena Louisa, daughter of Jonas Banks, brass-founder, of ... [oxford dnb]