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guy newton 1969 150px biochemistry 1919 cephalosporin c guy newton
 guy newton
guy newton

guy geoffrey frederick newton -lrb- 1919 -- 1969 -rrb- was a british rower and biochemist .
he was the co-discoverer of cephalosporin c. newton was born in st. ives , cambridgeshire , the son of bernard newton a gentleman farmer of fairfield bury , st ives and his wife antoinette gerard .
he was educated at oundle school and trinity hall , cambridge .
he rowed at cambridge and in 1949 was runner up in the double sculls challenge cup at henley royal regatta , partnering humphrey warren .
newton was described as `` an outstanding young organic chemist with a passion for aston martin cars '' .
during the 1950s at the sir william dunn school of pathology , newton and edward abraham discovered , purified and established the structure of cephalosporin c , the first of the cephalosporin family of antibiotics .
this compound and the ring structure on which it was based were patented , and both newton and abraham set up trusts out of the royalties that they received .
the guy newton research fund and the other trusts are dedicated to the support of medical , biological and chemical research in the dunn school , lincoln college and the university of oxford .
