Patrick Mollison

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Pat Mollison
FRCP FRS
Born
Patrick Loudon Mollison

(1914-03-17)17 March 1914
Died26 November 2011(2011-11-26) (aged 97)
NationalityBritish

Patrick Loudon Mollison,

haematologist, described as 'the father of transfusion medicine'.[1]

Life

Mollison was born on 17 March 1914, to Beatrice Marjorie, née Walker, and William Mayhew Mollison.

William Loudon Mollison, was a Scottish mathematician and Master of Clare College, Cambridge.[1]

He attended St Peter's School, Seaford, followed by Rugby School, then underwent medical training at Clare College and St Thomas' Hospital, qualifying in 1938.[1]

He joined the

Burma, by which time he was a lieutenant colonel
.

He was Director of the Medical Research Council's Blood Transfusion Research Unit (later the Experimental Haematology Unit), from 1946 to 1979;[2] and Professor of Haematology at St Mary's Hospital, London from 1962 to 1979.[2]

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[2][4]

He died on 26 November 2011.[1]

Significant works

  • Mollison, P; Loutit, J (1943). "Disodium-citrate-glucose mixture as a blood preservative".
    PMID 20785169
    .
  • Mollison, P (1946). "Observations on cases of starvation at Belsen".
    PMID 20786496
    .
  • Mollison, P (1951). Blood transfusion in clinical medicine.
    Blackwell Scientific Publications
    .

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Munks Roll Details for Patrick Loudon Mollison". Munks Roll. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^
    Wikidata Q29581687
    .
  3. ^ "No. 47723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1978. pp. 1–32.
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