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Don Bacon (microbiologist) was a New Zealand-born microbiologist who made significant contributions to the field of microbiology. He was a professor of microbiology at the University of Auckland and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Bacon was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, on 6 April 1926. He attended the University of Auckland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1948 and a Master of Science degree in 1950. He then went on to earn a PhD in microbiology from the University of Cambridge in 1954. Bacon's research focused on the physiology and biochemistry of bacteria, and he made significant contributions to the understanding of bacterial metabolism and the role of bacteria in the environment. He was also a pioneer in the field of microbial ecology, and his work helped to establish the field as a distinct discipline. Bacon was a professor of microbiology at the University of Auckland from 1965 to 1991. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Science and Technology. Bacon died on 28 August 2020 at the age of 94. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren.

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 6 April 1926
Birthday 6 April
Birthplace Gisborne, New Zealand
Date of death August 28, 2020
Died Place Palmerston North, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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2020

Bacon's wife, Flo, died in 2010. Don Bacon died in Palmerston North on 28 August 2020, aged 94.

1966

Bacon returned to teaching and research at Otago, until being appointed the first professor of microbiology, and head of the Department of Microbiology and Genetics, at Massey University in Palmerston North in 1966. He continued his research into the genetics of E. coli and associated bacteriophages until retiring in 1989. On his retirement, he was conferred the title of professor emeritus.

1958

Assisted by a Fulbright Scholarship, Bacon undertook doctoral studies at Yale University in the United States, completing his PhD in 1958. His doctoral thesis was titled Studies of mutational processes in bacteria, and was particularly concerned with mutations in Escherichia coli. While at Yale, Bacon met his future wife, Flo Thanassi, a research assistant at the university; they became engaged in 1957 and later married.

1947

In 1947, Bacon began studying at the University of Otago, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1950, and Master of Science with first-class honours in 1954. From 1951, he worked as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at Otago, assisting Molly Marples in the teaching of the second-year course and the introduction of the third-year course in microbiology. During the summer recesses between 1951 and 1955, Bacon joined health research teams funded by the Medical Research Council in Niue and Samoa.

1926

Donald Frederick Bacon (6 April 1926 – 28 August 2020) was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1966, he was appointed the inaugural professor of microbiology at Massey University, where he remained until his retirement in 1989.

Born in Gisborne on 6 April 1926, Bacon was the son of Mabel Tui Bacon (née Allott) and Frederick George Bacon. He was educated at Gisborne High School, and in 1944 began training as a medical laboratory technician at Cook Hospital.

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