He was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of Walker Thomas and Susan (née Townend) Briggs.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935.[1] He published several significant scientific papers on enzymes.[2][3] Part of his work on enzymes was done with J. B. S. Haldane, and led to the derivationofVictor Henri's enzyme kinetics law and Michaelis–Menten kinetics via the steady state approximation. This derivation remains commonly used today because it provides better insight into the system, though it retains the algebraic form of the Michaelis-Menten equations.[4]
Notable publications of Briggs include Movement of Water in Plants.[5]
^Briggs, G. E. "Movement Of Water In Plants.." Science, vol 157, no. 3794, 1967, pp. 1297-1298. American Association For The Advancement Of Science (AAAS), doi:10.1126/science.157.3794.1297-a.
