 Norman Lowther Edson

Norman Lowther Edson (1 March 1904 – 12 May 1970), FRSNZ, FNZIC, was the first Professor of Biochemistry (1949–1967) in the University of New Zealand based at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand where he founded a department of biochemistry.Edson made contributions to the understanding of, ketone body metabolism in mammals and birds, metabolic pathways of "Mycobacteria" and specificity rules for polyol dehydrogenases.