Don Bacon (microbiologist)
Don Bacon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Donald Frederick Bacon 6 April 1926 Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Died | 28 August 2020 (aged 94) Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Spouse |
Florence Zoe Thanassi
(died 2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions | University of Otago Massey University |
| Thesis | Studies of mutational processes in bacteria (1958) |
Donald Frederick Bacon (6 April 1926 – 28 August 2020) was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1966, he was appointed the inaugural professor of microbiology at Massey University, where he remained until his retirement in 1989.