| Authorised form of name | Dreyer; Georges (1873 - 1934); pathologist |
| Dates | 1873 - 1934 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Place of birth | Shanghai, China, Asia |
| Date of birth | 04 July 1873 |
| Place of death | Sollestedgaard, Laaland, Denmark, Europe |
| Date of death | 17/08/1934 |
| Occupation | pathologist |
| Research field | Pathology |
| Virology |
| Bacteriology |
| Physiology |
| Activity | Education:
Borgerdydsskolen at Christianshavn; University of Copenhagen MD (Copenhagen); MA (Oxon)
Career:
Officier de l'Instruction publique (France); Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; Fellow Royal Irish Academy; Professor of Pathology, University of Oxford.
Honours:
CBE 1919
French order of Officier de l'Instruction Publique (1913)
Memeberships:
Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab (1909) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/05/1921 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| Proposer | William Bulloch; Henry Hallett Dale; Cecil Clifford Dobell; William Maddock Bayliss; John Fletcher Moulton |
| Almroth Edward Wright; William Boog Leishman; Leonard Hill; Charles James Martin; Arthur Keith; Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman; Charles Scott Sherrington |
| Relationships | Parents: Captain Georg Hannibal Napoleon Dreyer, of the Royal Danish Navy, and Dagmar Alvilde, daughter of Judge W. T. Qvistgaard, a well-known jurist of Fredensborg.
Spouse: Margrete Caroline, daughter of Laurits Jörgersen, of Söllestedgaard Manor, Laaland, Denmark. |
| OtherInfo | Remembered for his work in respiratory pathology and developing a successful oxygen delivery system. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 569-576, plate, by S R Douglas |
| Code | NA1544 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001201 | Dreyer, Georges | nd |
| RR/18/27 | Referee's report by Sydney Monckton Copeman, on a paper 'The blood volume of mammals as determined by experiments upon rabbits, guinea-pigs, and mice; and its relationship to the body weight and to the surface area expressed in formula' by Georges Dreyer and William Ray | May 1910 |
| NLB/41/345 | Copy letter from John Rose Bradford, to Georges Dreyer, [Fellow of the Royal Society] and J Sholto C Douglas | 25 November 1909 |
| NLB/42/444 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor Georges Dreyer, MD | 14 June 1910 |
| NLB/52/510 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Almroth Edward Wright, FRS; 39 Boulevard Dannon, Boulogne | 4 January 1916 |
| RR/17/388 | Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'The velocity of reaction in the “absorption” of specific agglutinins by bacteria, and in the “adsorption" of agglutinins, trypsin, and sulphuric acid by animal charcoal' by Georges Dreyer and J S C Douglas | November 1909 |
| RR/18/127 | Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'Further experiments upon the blood volume of mammals and its relation to the surface area of the body' by Georges Dreyer and William Ray | November 1911 |
| RR/17/389 | Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'On the absorption of agglutinin by bacteria and the application of physico-chemical laws thereto' by Georges Dreyer and J S C Douglas | November 1909 |
| RR/19/40 | Referee's report by Grafton Elliot Smith, on a paper 'The size of the trachea in warm-blooded animals, and its relationship to the weight, the surface area, the blood volume, and the size of the aorta' by Georges Dreyer, William Ray and E W Ainley Walker | [October 1912] |
| RR/20/33 | Referee's report by Archibald Edward Garrod, on a paper 'The determination of the minimal lethal dose of various toxic substances and its relationship to the body weight warm-blooded animals, together with considerations bearing on the dosage of drugs' by Georges Dreyer and W Ainley Walker | December 1913 |
| NLB/73/348 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Georges] Dreyer, FRS | 19 June 1931 |
| EC/1921/13 | Dreyer, Georges: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/18/28 | Referee's report by Charles Scott Sherrington, on a paper 'The blood volume of mammals as determined by experiments upon rabbits, guinea-pigs, and mice; and its relationship to the body weight and to the surface area expressed in formula' by Georges Dreyer and William Ray | May 1910 |
| RR/18/126 | Referee's report by Charles James Martin, on a paper 'Further experiments upon the blood volume of mammals and its relation to the surface area of the body' by Georges Dreyer and William Ray | 1911 |
| RR/18/29 | Referee's report by William Dobinson Halliburton, on a paper 'The blood volume of mammals as determined by experiments upon rabbits, guinea-pigs, and mice; and its relationship to the body weight and to the surface area expressed in formula' by Georges Dreyer and William Ray | June 1910 |
| RR/19/39 | Referee's report by Grafton Elliot Smith, on a paper 'The size of the aorta in warm-blooded animals and its relationship to the body weight and to the surface area expressed in a formula' by Georges Dreyer, William Ray and E W Ainley Walker | [October 1912] |
| MC/26/97 | Letter from Francis Gotch, The Lawn, Banbury Road, Oxford, to [John Rose] Bradford, [Royal Society] | 22 October 1911 |
| MC/27/326 | Letter from [Grafton] Elliot Smith, The University, Manchester, to Sir John [Rose Bradford], [Royal Society] | 15 October 1912 |
| MC/27/325 | Letter from [Grafton] Elliot Smith, The University, Manchester, to The Assistant [Secretary], Royal Society | 11 October 1912 |