Roger Stanier

Roger Yate Stanier
Roger Yate Stanier
Born	October 22, 1916 Victoria, Canada
Died	January 29, 1982 (1982-01-30) (aged 65) Paris, France
Nationality	Canada
Fields	Microbiology
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley Institut Pasteur
Alma mater	Victoria College University of British Columbia University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University
Doctoral advisor	C. B. van Niel
Known for	cyanobacteria
Notable awards	Leeuwenhoek Medal (1981)
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Roger Yate Stanier (22 October 1916 – 29 January 1982) was a Canadian microbiologist who was influential in the development of modern microbiology. As a member of the Delft School and former student of C. B. van Niel, he made important contributions to the taxonomy of bacteria, including the classification of blue-green algae as cyanobacteria. In 1957, he and co-authors wrote The Microbial World, an influential microbiology textbook which was published in five editions over three decades. In the course of 24 years at the University of California, Berkeley he reached the rank of professor and served as chair of the Department of Bacteriology before leaving for the Pasteur Institute in 1971. He received several awards over the course of his career, including the Leeuwenhoek Medal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences and the Légion d’Honneur.

Roger Yate Stanier was born to British immigrant parents on 22 October 1916 in Victoria, Canada. His father studied medicine at the University of Toronto and later established a private practice in diagnostic radiology. His mother, a teacher, studied English literature at the University of Cambridge.