Postgate family

John Postgate (food safety campaigner) (1820–1881)- son of Scarborough builder Thomas Postgate and his wife Jane, née Wade-[1] was an English surgeon who became Professor of Medical jurisprudence and Toxicology at Queen's College, Birmingham (which later became Birmingham University) and was a leading campaigner against food adulteration.

Her brother Raymond Postgate (1896 –1971) was notable as a socialist, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist and gourmet.

He founded The Good Food Guide in 1951, which was ahead of its time in being largely based on volunteer reports on restaurants.

In the next generation, Raymond's children include the microbiologist John Postgate FRS (1922–2014),[4] Professor of Microbiology at the University of Sussex, who was also a writer on, and sometime performer of, jazz.

[5][6] His brother, Richard Oliver Postgate (1925–2008), was an animator, puppeteer and writer, who created television series including Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, and Clangers from the 1950s to the 1980s.