Richard P. Grant

Richard P. Grant is a British biologist and former writer/editor of The Scientist.

Early life and education Grant's father was a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force.

Career He made DNA extraction technology for a company in Cambridge, in the UK, rebuilding a website and writing for The Scientist, and later became a Senior Writer at a London medical education & publishing agency. Grant and Rohn campaigned for Science is Vital, against cuts to the public funding of science in the United Kingdom.

Occam's Typewriter Grant hosts blogging for Jennifer Rohn, Henry Gee, Athene Donald, Nicola Spaldin, Cath Ennis, and several other writers.