Acheson, Roy Malcolm (1921–2003), epidemiologist, was born at 67 Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, on 18 August 1921, the elder son of Malcolm King Acheson (d. 1962), medical doctor, and his wife, Dorothy Josephine, née Rennoldson d. 1976. He was originally named Malcolm Roy...
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Acheson, Roy Malcolm (1921–2003), epidemiologist
Tom Meade
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Adami, John George (1862–1926), pathologist
H. B. Grimsditch
revised by Geoffrey L. Asherson
Adami, John George (1862–1926), pathologist, was born on 12 January 1862 in the Albion Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester. He was the second son of five sons and four daughters of John George Adami, hotel proprietor, and his wife, Sarah Ann Ellis, daughter of Thomas Leech...
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Aitken, Sir William (1825–1892), pathologist
J. B. Nias
revised by Jeffrey S. Reznick
Aitken, Sir William (1825–1892), pathologist, eldest son of William Aitken, a medical practitioner, was born in Dundee on 23 April 1825. He was educated at the high school in Dundee, and was subsequently apprenticed to his father and at the same time undertook further training at the ...
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Andrewes, Sir Christopher Howard (1896–1988), virologist
David Tyrrell
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Andrewes, Sir Christopher Howard (1896–1988), virologist, was born on 7 June 1896 in London, the elder child and only son of Sir Frederick William Andrewes (1859–1932), pathologist, and his wife, Phyllis Mary, daughter of John Hamer, publisher. He was educated as a day boy at ...
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Andrewes, Sir Frederick William (1859–1932), pathologist and bacteriologist
H. H. Dale
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Andrewes, Sir Frederick William (1859–1932), pathologist and bacteriologist, was born at Greyfriars House, Friar Street, Reading, on 31 March 1859, the eldest of the four sons of Charles James Andrewes, an engineer, who was mayor of Reading, and his second wife, Charlotte Parsons...
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Arkwright, Sir Joseph Arthur (1864–1944), bacteriologist
W. J. Bishop
revised by Claire E. J. Herrick
Arkwright, Sir Joseph Arthur (1864–1944), bacteriologist, was born at Thurlaston, Leicestershire, on 22 March 1864, the youngest of the five children of Arthur William Arkwright, gentleman farmer, of Broughton Hall, Astley, and his wife and second cousin, Emma (d. 1866), daughter of ...
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Ashton, Norman Henry (1913–2000), pathologist
John Harry
Ashton, Norman Henry (1913–2000), pathologist, was born on 11 September 1913 at 60 Highlever Road, North Kensington, London, the second son of Henry James Ashton, a cheesemonger's assistant, and his wife, Margaret Ann, née Tuck. He attended West Kensington central school but left at sixteen to work as a laboratory assistant in a ...
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Balfour, Sir Andrew (1873–1931), expert in tropical medicine and novelist
Arthur S. MacNalty
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Balfour, Sir Andrew (1873–1931), expert in tropical medicine and novelist, was born in Edinburgh on 21 March 1873, the eldest son of Thomas Alexander Goldie Balfour MD, of Edinburgh, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Peter Christall, of Elgin. He was educated at ...
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Bangham, Alec Douglas (1921–2010), haematologist
Clive Ellory
Bangham, Alec Douglas (1921–2010), haematologist, was born at 2 Langdale Road, Rusholme, Manchester, on 10 November 1921, the elder son and eldest of three children of Donald Hugh Bangham (1895–1950), physical chemist, and his wife, Edith, née Kerby (1892–1979). His father was dean of the faculty of science at the ...
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Barker, David James Purslove (1938–2013), physician and epidemiologist
Alan W. Craft
Barker, David James Purslove (1938–2013), physician and epidemiologist, was born at the Wilbraham Nursing Home, 3 Wilbraham Place, Chelsea, London, on 29 June 1938, the younger son and second of three children of Hugh Purslove Barker (1909–1984), an engineer and businessman (later chairman and managing director of the ...
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Barnes, John Morrison (1913–1975), toxicologist
W. D. M. Paton
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Barnes, John Morrison (1913–1975), toxicologist, was born in Sheffield at midnight on 11–12 January 1913, the elder son and elder child of Alfred Edward Barnes, later professor of medicine in the University of Sheffield, and his wife, Janet (Jessie) Morrison. Barnes's younger brother, ...
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Bawden, Sir Frederick Charles (1908–1972), virologist and plant pathologist
N. W. Pirie
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Bawden, Sir Frederick Charles (1908–1972), virologist and plant pathologist, was born on 18 August 1908 in North Tawton, Devon, the younger son and youngest of the three children of George Bawden, relieving officer and registrar of births and deaths, and his wife, Ellen Balment...
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Bedson, Sir Samuel Phillips (1886–1969), bacteriologist
A. W. Downie
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Bedson, Sir Samuel Phillips (1886–1969), bacteriologist, was born on 1 December 1886 at Newcastle upon Tyne, the second son of Peter Phillips Bedson, professor of chemistry in the Durham College of Science, and his wife, Annie, daughter of Samuel Hodgkinson, cotton spinner, of ...
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Billingham, Rupert Everett [Bill] (1921–2002), immunologist
Leslie Brent
Billingham, Rupert Everett [Bill] (1921–2002), immunologist, was born on 15 October 1921 at 95 Portway, Warminster, Wiltshire, the only child of Albert Everett Billingham (1889–1977) and his wife, Helen Louise (1888–1978), daughter of Herbert Green. His father's family originated in the industrial Black Country...
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Bowen, David Aubrey Llewelyn (1924–2011), forensic pathologist
Richard Davenport-Hines
Bowen, David Aubrey Llewelyn (1924–2011), forensic pathologist, was born on 31 January 1924, at Gwynfryn, Pontycymmer, a mining village in Glamorganshire, the son of Thomas Rufus Bowen (1884–1946), medical practitioner, and his wife, Catherine, née Llewellyn. He was educated at Caterham school in ...
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Boyce, Sir Rubert William (1863–1911), pathologist
C. S. Sherrington
revised by Claire E. J. Herrick
Boyce, Sir Rubert William (1863–1911), pathologist, was born on 22 April 1863 at Osborne Terrace, Clapham Road, London, the second son of Robert Henry Boyce, originally of Carlow, Ireland, an engineer who was at one time principal surveyor of British diplomatic and consular buildings in ...
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Boycott, Arthur Edwin (1877–1938), pathologist and naturalist
J. A. Boycott
revised by Geoffrey L. Asherson
Boycott, Arthur Edwin (1877–1938), pathologist and naturalist, was born at Hereford on 6 April 1877, the third son of William Boycott, solicitor, and his wife, Eliza Mellard. He was educated at Hereford Cathedral school, and gained the senior classical scholarship at Oriel College, Oxford...
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Boyd, Sir John Smith Knox (1891–1981), bacteriologist
P. O. Williams
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Boyd, Sir John Smith Knox (1891–1981), bacteriologist, was born on 18 September 1891 at Largs, Ayrshire, the second of three sons (there were no daughters) of John Knox Boyd, an agent in the Royal Bank of Scotland, and his wife, Margaret Wilson Smith...
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Boyse, Edward Arthur [Ted] (1923–2007), immunologist
Harvey Cantor
Boyse, Edward Arthur [Ted] (1923–2007), immunologist, was born on 11 August 1923 at St Botolph's Lodge nursing home, Richmond Road, Worthing, Sussex, the son of Arthur Boyse (1859–1940), organist and choirmaster, and his wife, Dorothy Vera, née Mellersh (1888–1964). At the time of his birth registration his family lived at ...
