David Evans (microbiologist)
Sir David Gwynne Evans FRS[1] (6 September 1909 – 13 June 1984) was a British microbiologist.
Early life
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He was born at 15 Kay Street,
Evans left
Career
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In 1940 he began working at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in London.[2]
In 1947, to become a reader in the bacteriology department at the University of Manchester, but returned to the NIMR in 1955 as director of the biological standards department. In 1961 he became professor of bacteriology and immunology at the
In 1971–72, Evans was director of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine and struggled in vain to save its Chelsea laboratory from financial failure. He left in 1972 to become director of the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control to prepare for its 1976 move to South Mimms.
In 1976 he taught medical students at
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960 and awarded their Buchanan Medal in 1977 for his leading role in the standardization and safety control of vaccines.[3]
He was awarded
He died at
Personal life
In 1937, he married Mary (née Darby); they had one son and one daughter.[4]
References
- JSTOR 769924.
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- ^ a b "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 12 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sir David (Gwynne) Evans|Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014|Accessed 4 October 2014.