10 Facts About Howard Dalton

Sir Howard Dalton, FRS was a British microbiologist.

Howard Dalton served as the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from March 2002 to September 2007.

Howard Dalton graduated in 1965 and went on to study at the University of Sussex with John Postgate, obtaining his PhD in 1968.

Howard Dalton worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University and the University of Sussex before joining the University of Warwick in 1973 as a lecturer in Biological Sciences.

Howard Dalton served as Chair of Biological Sciences at Warwick from 1999 to 2002 before being appointed to DEFRA.

Howard Dalton returned full-time to the University in October 2007, and continued working there until his death.

Howard Dalton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993, was President of the Society for General Microbiology from 1997 to 2000, and was awarded the Leeuwenhoek medal lecture of the Royal Society in 2000.

Howard Dalton was named a Knight Bachelor in the 2007 New Years Honours list.

Howard Dalton was President of the Marine Biological Association from 2007 to 2008.

Howard Dalton died suddenly in Royal Leamington Spa on 12 January 2008.