Eric James Denton

Sir Eric James Denton CBE FRS (30 September 1923 – 2 January 2007)^[1] was a British marine biologist who won the Royal Society's Royal Medal in 1987.^[2]

Eric Denton
Born	Eric James Denton (1923-09-30)30 September 1923 Bentley, Yorkshire, England
Died	2 January 2007(2007-01-02) (aged 77) St. Just, Cornwall
Nationality	British
Occupation	Marine Biologist
Awards	Frink Medal (1987) Royal Medal (1987) International Prize for Biology (1989)

Denton was born in Bentley, South Yorkshire.^[1] He was educated at Doncaster Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with an Ordinary degree in Physics, before pursuing biophysics research at University College London.^[3] He was subsequently a lecturer in Physiology at the University of Aberdeen, and then a physiologist at the Marine Biological Association Laboratory in Plymouth. From 1974 to 1987 he was the Director of the Marine Biological Association Laboratory.^[3]

Denton died in St Just, Cornwall on 2 January 2007.^[1]