Ian McGregor (malariologist)
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Sir Ian Alexander McGregor, malariologist.
McGregor was born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1] His father was a tailor, his mother a housewife.[2]
He was educated at
St Mungo's College and Glasgow Royal Infirmary.[2]
He became interested in and studied
In 1949, he was sent to The Gambia as a member of the Medical Research Council's Human Nutrition Research Unit,[3] and was appointed Director of the MRC's Gambian Field Station at Fajara in 1954.[3]
In 1980, he returned to the United Kingdom, as
visiting professor at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.[3]
He was awarded the
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1968 Birthday Honours;[6] and a Knight Bachelor in the 1982 Birthday Honours, "for services to Tropical Medicine".[7]
He served on several World Health Organization committees on malaria.[2]
He died at
Notable works
- Wernsdorfer, Walther H.; McGregor, Ian A. (1989). Malaria: Principles and Practice of Malariology. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0443024177.
References
- ^ a b c "Sir Ian Mcgregor". The Independent. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir Ian McGregor" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh.
- ^ Wikidata Q29581648.
- ^ Wilson, R. J. M. (Iain) (2022). "Sir Ian Alexander McGregor. 26 August 1922 – 1 February 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 74.
- ^ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. pp. 1–36.
- ^ "No. 44600". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1968. pp. 6299–6331.
- ^ "No. 49008". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1982. pp. 1–29.
External links
- Ian McGregor on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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