Alec Jeffreys, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetAlec Jeffreys
British geneticist
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1950
Place of Birth: Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Profession: geneticist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Alec Jeffreys
- Sir Alec John Jeffreys, (born 9 January 1950) is a British geneticist, who developed 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.
- He is a professor of genetics at the University of Leicester, and he became an honorary freeman of the City of Leicester on 26 November 1992.
- In 1994, he was knighted for services to genetics.
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