Jamshed Rustom Tata

Jamshed Rustom Tata, FRS (13 April 1930 – 8 October 2020) was an Indian-born British endocrinologist who spent most of his career at the National Institute for Medical Research researching thyroid hormones. His key discovery was that thyroid hormones control metamorphosis in frogs by regulation the action of genes. He was awarded his BSc from Bombay University in 1949, then MSc from the Indian Institute of Science in 1951. He then went to University of Paris and was awarded his PhD in 1954. authoring over 200 papers, including a history of developmental biology at NIMR

Tata was awarded the Colworth Medal by the Biochemical Society in 1964. He was elected as FRS in 1973

Personal life and death Tata lived in Mill Hill, London for the last 60 years of his life. He died in London on 8 October 2020, at the age of 90. His French wife, Renée, predeceased him. They are survived by their two sons and one daughter.