J. Rodney Quayle

John Rodney (Rod) Quayle

FRS
John Rodney (Rod) Quayle; FRS
Born	1926
Died	2006 (aged 79–80)
Spouse	Yvonne Sanderson
Children	2
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society
	Scientific career
Theses	The reactions of S‑triphenylbenzene and derivatives with special reference to steric hindrance (1949); Colouring matters of the Aphididae (1952);
Doctoral advisors	Edward D. Hughes; Alexander R. Todd

John Rodney (Rod) Quayle FRS (1926–2006) was a microbial biochemist, West Riding Professor of Microbiology and Head of Department at University of Sheffield (1965–1983) and then Vice-Chancellor of Bath University (1983–1992). He adopted techniques for dissecting enzymic reactions using radioactive carbon-14. He focused on microbes that used compounds containing one atom of carbon as their sources of energy and biomass.

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