Edwin Dawes, who died 3 March 2023, aged 97, was a British biochemist and magician from Yorkshire. As a biochemist, he authored two textbooks and was the long-term and founding head of the Biochemistry department at the University of Hull, where he led its research into bioplastics. As a magician, he is an internationally recognised authority on the history of magic.
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