Frank Winder

Frank Gerard Augustine Winder was an Irish biochemistry professor, naturalist and one of the leading rock climbers in Ireland during the 1950s and 1960s. Born on 14 April 1928, he studied science at University College Dublin and then worked at Trinity College Dublin on the chemotherapy of tuberculosis, where his team developed phenazines that proved effective against tuberculosis and leprosy, and he became a professor in 1975. He joined the Irish Mountaineering Club shortly after its founding in 1948 and made many first ascents, mainly in Wicklow, Donegal and Galway, with his most notable routes dating from 1950 to 1960 at places such as Dalkey Quarry, Glendalough, Lough Barra and Luggala. He also climbed in the Alps, Britain, Yosemite and the Grand Tetons, and served two terms as president of the club, in the 1960s and the 1980s. He died in Dublin on 30 December 2007.