Walter Morley Fletcher

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Sir Walter Fletcher
Physiologist
InstitutionsCambridge University
Academic advisorsJohn Newport Langley
Notable studentsArchibald Hill

Sir Walter Morley Fletcher,

Medical Research Council (MRC)
during the interwar years. Under his guidance, the MRC focused its funding on basic scientific research at the expense of clinical research but he made Britain a leader in biomedical research in the period.

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