Henry Priestley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian biochemist
Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1884
Place of Birth: Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 28-Feb-1961
Profession: biochemist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Henry Priestley
- Henry Priestley (19 June 1884 – 28 February 1961) was an Australian biochemist.Priestley was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and his family migrated to Sydney in 1886.
- He attended Newington College (1898–1901) and the University of Sydney.
- Priestley was the foundation Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Sydney from 1938 until 1948.
- Earlier he had been bacteriologist at the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine in Townsville, Queensland from 1913 until 1918.
- His main research interests were in physiological chemistry and nutrition.
- Priestley was President of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1942.
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