Open AccessRichard Ellis Ford Matthews, O.N.Z. 20 November 1921 — 19 February 1995
Author(s) -
B. D. Harrison
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
biographical memoirs of fellows of the royal society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1748-8494
pISSN - 0080-4606
DOI - 10.1098/rsbm.1999.0020
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , subject (documents) , virology , philosophy , library science , art history , gerontology , classics , computer science , biology , medicine , art , theology
Richard (Dick) Ellis Ford Matthews was a distinguished plant virologist, a proud fourth-generation New Zealander, and a man of great energy, enthusiasm and scientific integrity. He pioneered the use of nucleotide analogues for interfering with virus infection; he showed the merits of turnip yellow mosaic virus as a model for studying many aspects of plant virology; he informed and influenced many aspiring plant virologists worldwide by his comprehensive textbook on the subject; and he led the drive to establish molecular biology in New Zealand.