About Michael Elliott
Lived 1924 – 2007 (aged 83). Michael Elliott was a British chemist.
Michael Elliott, (30 September 1924 – 17 October 2007) was a chemist and Lawes Trust Senior Fellow at Rothamsted Experimental Station who invented and commercialised the development of novel insecticides known as pyrethroids.
Education Elliott was educated at The Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells and the University of Southampton where he was awarded Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. In 2009 it was estimated that pyrethroid-treated mosquito nets significantly decreased the number of deaths due to malaria. He was awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1989.
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British chemist (1924-2007)
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Michael Elliott was born on 30 September 1924 in London.
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Michael Elliott died on 17 October 2007.
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Michael Elliott was a chemist.
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