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Apr 09, 1940 Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica 84 years old
Academic; Human rights activist
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About Geoff Palmer Scientist
- Sir Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer OBE, DSc (; born 9 April 1940) is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Life Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and a human rights activist.He discovered the barley abrasion process whilst a researcher at the Brewing Research Foundation from 1968 to 1977.
- In 1998, Palmer became the fourth person, and the first European, to be honoured with the American Society of Brewing Chemists Award of Distinction, considered the "Nobel prize of brewing".In 1989, he became the first black professor in Scotland, becoming a professor emeritus after he retired in 2005.
- He was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours.
