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Neurobiologist
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Male
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Birth:
12 December 1927
The details
Biography
Introduction
George Adrian Horridge FRS (born 12 December 1927) is an Australian neurobiologist, and professor at Australian National University.
Life
He was born in Sheffield, England, where he attended King Edward VII School; he obtained a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge in 1946. He earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge and was appointed to a Fellowship in Chemistry at St. John's in 1953. From 1960 till 1969 he was Director of the Gatty Marine Laboratory at the University of St Andrews.
From 1969 till 1993 he was a professor at the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University, and subsequently Emeritus Professor. He lives in Yarralumla, Canberra.
Works
- What Does the Honeybee See?: And How Do We Know?. ANU E Press. 2009. ISBN 978-1-921536-98-4.
- John Aloimonos, ed. (1997). "Pattern and 3D Vision of Insects". Visual navigation: from biological systems to unmanned ground vehicles. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-8058-2050-8.