Sir alec jeffreys biography books

British geneticist (born 1950)

Sir Alec John Jeffreys, CH FRS MAE^[6] (born 9 January 1950)^[5] is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes.^[4][7][8]

Jeffreys is professor of genetics at the University of Leicester,^[9][10] and became an honorary freeman of the City of Leicester on 26 November 1992.^[11] In 1994, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to genetics.^[9][12][13]

Early life and education

Jeffreys was born into a middle-class family in Oxford, where he spent the first six years of his life until 1956 when the family moved to Luton, Bedfordshire.^[5] He says he inherited his curiosity and inventiveness from his father and paternal