H.道格特1920年3月24日生于英国伦敦,在克罗伊登渡过童年时代。毕业于Whitgift 初级中学。1937年道格特获得奖学金入剑桥唐宁院学。在那里的第一学年他主修植物学、动物学和化学。第二年继续学习植物学,重点放在植物生理和遗传学方面,成绩优良。第二次世界大战期间他被派往特立尼达皇 H. Dougrt Born on March 24, 1920 in London, England, he spent his childhood in Croydon. Graduated from Whitgift Junior High School. In 1937, Doug Gotter received a scholarship from Cambridge Downing College. In his first year there he majored in botany, zoology and chemistry. The following year continued to study botany, with emphasis on plant physiology and genetics, with good grades. He was sent to the Trinidad Empress during World War II