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{{Short description|British chemist (1928–2002)}}
'''Jeffrey Barry Harborne''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{cite doi|10.1098/rsbm.2010.0012}}</ref> (Bristol, 1 September 1928 - 21 July 2002) was a British chemist who specialised in [[phytochemistry]]. He was Professor of [[Botany]] at the [[University of Reading]], 1976–93, then [[Professor emeritus]]. He contributed to more than 40 books and 270 research papers and was a pioneer in ecological biochemistry, particularly in the complex chemical interactions between plants, microbes and insects.▼
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[[File:Jeffrey_Harborne.gif|thumb|right|Jeffrey B. Harborne]]
▲'''Jeffrey Barry Harborne''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{
==Education==▼
Harborne was educated at [[Wycliffe College (Gloucestershire)|Wycliffe College]], Stonehouse, [[Gloucestershire]] and the [[University of Bristol]], where he graduated in chemistry in 1949. He earned a PhD in 1953 with a thesis on the naturally occurring oxygen heterocyclic compounds with Professor Wilson Baker (1900–2002).{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
==Research==
Between 1953 and 1955 he worked as a postdoc with Professor Theodore Albert Geissman at the University of California, Los Angeles, studying [[phenol]]ic [[plant pigment]]s, including [[anthocyanin]]s.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} The identification of these substances, he made use of [[ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy]].
After his return to the UK, he joined the Potato Genetics group at the John Innes Research Institute, then located at Bayfordbury. Here he worked with K.S. Dodds on the phenolics of ''[[Solanum]]'' species, extending his knowledge of anthocyanins. This work grew to encompass a wide range of mostly garden plants. In addition to discovering novel anthocyanidins, he made in-depth studies of their glycosylation and began work on their acylation. During this time he forged links with [[Edgar Charles Bate-Smith|E. C. Bate-Smith]] and [[Tony Swain (chemist)|Tony Swain]] at Cambridge, Swain arranging for him to edit his first book, ''The biochemistry of phenolic compounds''. His time at the John Innes ended when the Potato Genetics group was wound up, and the institution itself moved to Norwich.
Between 1965 and 1968 Harborne worked as a research assistant at the [[University of Liverpool]]. After this, he
Harborne investigated the role of flavonoids in interactions between plants and insects. He also investigated the relationship between [[anthocyanins]]<ref>{{
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}}</ref> and the ecology of pollination. He also studied the role of phytoalexins in members of the bean family ([[Fabaceae]]), the rose family ([[Rosaceae]]) and the carrot family ([[Apiaceae]]). He published on [[chemotaxonomy]] as in his research articles on the genetic control of expression of anthocyanins, flavones and aurones in the primrose family ([[Primulaceae]]) in snapdragons ([[Antirrhinum]]) and a number of other plants. He also published on [[isoflavone]]s and [[chemical ecology]].
In his book,
From 1972 Prof. Harborne was the Executive Editor of the [[Phytochemistry (journal)|journal Phytochemistry]]. Between 1986 and 1999 he was chief editor of this prestigious journal. He was the founder of the magazine Analysis Phytochemicals and he was editor of Methods in Plant Biochemistry.
Harborne had a number of awards during his lifetime. In 1985 he received the
=== Publications ===▼
His niece, Katharine Harborne, studied Horticultural Botany at the University of Reading from 1979–1981 and became a plant pathologist researching the [http://www.sasta.co.za/wp-content/uploads/Proceedings/1980s/1988_Harborne_Population%20Dynamics%20Of%20The.pdf epidemiology] of [http://www.sasta.co.za/wp-content/uploads/Proceedings/1980s/1986_Rutherford_Purification%20Of%20Unaggerated%20Sugarcane.pdf Sugar Cane Mosiac Virus] for the South African Sugar Association at Mount Edgecombe.▼
* Biochemistry of [[Natural phenol|Phenolic Compounds]], 1964▼
* Comparative Biochemistry of the Flavonoids, 1967▼
▲==Education==
* Phytochemical Phylogeny, 1970▼
* Phytochemical Ecology, 1972▼
* Phytochemical Methods, 1973, 3rd edn 1998▼
* Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry, 1977, 4th edn 1993▼
* Phytochemical Aspects of Plant and Animal Coevolution, 1978▼
* Plant Chemosystematics, 1984▼
* The Flavonoids: advances in research since 1986, 1994▼
* The Handbook of Natural Flavonoids, vol 1 and 2, 1999▼
* Phytochemical Dictionary, 1993, 2nd edn 1999▼
* Dictionary of Plant Toxins, 1996▼
* The Handbook of Flavonoid Pigments, 1999▼
* The Handbook of Natural Flavonoids, 1999
* Chemical Dictionary of Economic Plants, 2001▼
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* Biochemist, [[the John Innes Institute]], 1955–65
* Research Fellow, [[University of Liverpool]], 1965–68
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* Visiting Professor, [[University of California]], 1977
He was editor-in-chief of the journal Phytochemistry,
=== Honours ===
* Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], 1956
* Fellow of the Biochemical Society, 1957
* Plenary Lecturer, [[IUPAC]] Natural Products Symposium, 1976
* [[Linnean Medal|Gold Medal in Botany]], [[Linnean Society]], 1985<ref>{{Cite journal|date=January 1986|title=Linnean Medal for Botany|journal=The Linnean|volume=2|issue=1|pages=21–22}}</ref>
* Fellow of the Linnean Society, 1986
* Silver Medal, Phytochemical Society of Europe, 1986
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* Fellow of the [[Royal Society]], 1995
==Personal life==
▲== Publications ==
▲His niece, Katharine Harborne, studied Horticultural Botany at the University of Reading from
▲* Biochemistry of [[Natural phenol|Phenolic Compounds]], 1964
▲* Comparative Biochemistry of the Flavonoids, 1967
▲* Phytochemical Phylogeny, 1970
▲* Phytochemical Ecology, 1972
▲* Phytochemical Methods, 1973, 3rd edn 1998
▲* Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry, 1977, 4th edn 1993
▲* Phytochemical Aspects of Plant and Animal Coevolution, 1978
▲* Plant Chemosystematics, 1984
▲* The Flavonoids: advances in research since 1986, 1994
▲* Phytochemical Dictionary, 1993, 2nd edn 1999
▲* Dictionary of Plant Toxins, 1996
▲* The Handbook of Flavonoid Pigments, 1999
▲* The Handbook of Natural Flavonoids, 1999
▲* Chemical Dictionary of Economic Plants, 2001
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