Patrick Mollison
Pat Mollison FRCP FRS | |
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Born | Patrick Loudon Mollison 17 March 1914 |
Died | 26 November 2011 | (aged 97)
Nationality | British |
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]
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
- ^ a b c d e f "Munks Roll Details for Patrick Loudon Mollison". Munks Roll. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Wikidata Q29581687.
- ^ "No. 47723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1978. pp. 1–32.
- .
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patrick Mollison.
- Patrick Mollison on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website