John Davoll (Guardian Unlimited)

11 March 2010, 3:32 pm

Our father, John Davoll, who has died aged 85, followed a career as a research chemist with a pioneering role in the conservation movement. Born in Chadderton, Lancashire, to parents who worked in the cotton industry, he developed an early interest in chemistry through reading his father's textbooks. He pursued the subject at school and won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge. After ...... Read More »

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