Thomas Hugh Pennington was born on 19 April 1938 and is emeritus professor of bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
17 Facts About Hugh Pennington
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Hugh Pennington obtained his MBBS degree in 1962, and his PhD in 1967, both from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, which became part of United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in 1982, and has been known as King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry since 2005.
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Hugh Pennington was appointed Chair of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen in 1979, where he remained until his retirement in 2003.
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Hugh Pennington's research focused on improved bacteria typing, or "fingerprinting", methods, and led to new methods for the investigation of virulence and antibiotic resistance in a number of important pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Escherichia coli O157:H7.
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Hugh Pennington wrote on the history of science and medicine such as the introduction of antiseptic surgery to Aberdeen by Alexander Ogston using a Lister 'steam spray producer'.
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Hugh Pennington was dean of the medical school between 1987 and 1992.
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Hugh Pennington retired in 2003 after being a professor of bacteriology for 23 years at the University of Aberdeen.
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Hugh Pennington is a member of the Advisory Council for the Campaign for Science and Engineering.
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The Hugh Pennington Group convened between December 1996 and March 1997.
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Hugh Pennington was a member of the Scottish Food Advisory Committee, part of the Food Standards Agency, an agency he recommended the government create.
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Hugh Pennington was a founder member of the World Food Programme Technical Advisory Group.
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Hugh Pennington is the former Vice Chair of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland, which advises the BBC.
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Hugh Pennington has criticised the UK and German governments for their handling of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the NHS for their handling of MRSA.
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Hugh Pennington chaired a 2005 inquiry into a Welsh E coli outbreak.
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In 2003, Pennington published When Food Kills, a popular science book on the topic of BSE, E coli and public food safety.
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Hugh Pennington was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to microbiology and food hygiene.
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Hugh Pennington married Carolyn Beattie in 1966 in Maidstone, Kent.