Sir Charles Robert Harington, KBE, FRS (1 August 1897 – 4 February 1972) was a chemist, best known for synthesising thyroxine.
Life
Although he was born and raised in Llanerfyl, north Wales. he was a member of the English aristocracy from the Harington family which can be traced back to 12th century Rutland. He was the son of Rev Charles Harington of Llanerfyl and his wife Audrey Emma Bayly. He was educated at Malvern College and then Cambridge University, graduating MA in 1919.
From 1920 to 1922 he was a research assistant in the therapeutics section of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He gained a PhD in 'Aspect of the pathology of protein metabolism' from the University of Edinburgh in 1922. He then went to University College, London as a lecturer in Chemical Pathology.
