Authorised form of name | Gell; Philip George Houthem (1914 - 2001) |
Dates | 1914 - 2001 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
Date of birth | 20/10/1914 |
Date of death | 03/05/2001 |
Research field | Immunology |
Activity | Education: Winton House, Winchester; Stowe; Trinity College, Cambridge. Career: Staff, Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service (Workd War 2); staff, National Institute for Medical Research (1943); Staff, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Birmingham (1948); studied antibodies and the immune system; set up Birmingham's MSc course in immunology (1963); Professor of Experimental Pathology, University of Birmingham (1966-1978); co-edited 'Clincial aspects of immunology' (1968); after retiring, did research work on viruses at Cambridge; was a talented artist and a published poet Memberships: British Society for Immunology (founder)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 20/03/1969 |
Age at election | 54 |
Relationships | Son of Major P F Gell of the 14th Lancers; married (1941) Albinia; one son (predeceased him), one daughter |
Source | Sources: Guardian 22/05/2001 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 163-178, plate, by Arthur M Silverstein |
Code | NA3643 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/GA/GRS/5551 | Gell, Philip George Houthem | nd |
EC/1969/12 | Gell, Philip George Houthem: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |