Jeffrey Harborne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeffrey Harborne

British chemist

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1928

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Jul-2002

Profession: botanist, biochemist, ecologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jeffrey Barry Harborne FRS (1 September 1928, in Bristol – 21 July 2002) was a British chemist who specialised in phytochemistry.
He was Professor of Botany at the University of Reading, 1976–93, then Professor emeritus.
He contributed to more than 40 books and 270 research papers and was a pioneer in ecological biochemistry, particularly in the complex chemical interactions between plants, microbes and insects.