| Authorised form of name | Fildes; Sir; Paul Gordon (1882 - 1971); microbiologist |
| Dates | 1882 - 1971 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 10 February 1882 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 05/02/1971 |
| Research field | Bacteriology |
| Microbiology |
| Activity | Education:
MB, BCh (Camb)
Honours:
OBE 1919; Kt 1946
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/05/1934 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1953; Copley Medal 1963
Lectures:
Leeuwenhoek 1950 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB vol 17 pp 295-297
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1973 vol 19 pp 317-347, plate, by G P Gladstone, B C J G Knight and Sir Graham Wilson |
| Code | NA3798 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RR/W/7/42 | Letter from Paul [Gordon] Fildes to [John David Griffith] Davies, regarding two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea | 27 January 1939 |
| RR/71/230 | Referee's report by Paul Gordon Fildes, on a paper 'The changes induced in Bact. lactis aerogenes by irradiation with ultra violet light' by A R Peacocke and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 1948 |
| RR/71/191 | Referee's report by Paul Gordon Fildes, on a paper 'Metabolic changes which form the basis of a microbiological assay of nicotinic acid' by H McIlwain | [1948] |
| EC/1934/04 | Fildes, Sir Paul Gordon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/W/7/43 | Referee's Report by Paul [Gordon] Fildes on two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea | 27 January 1939 |
| RR/74/25 | Letter from Paul Gordon Fildes, on three papers 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria Parts I, II and III' by A C Baskett and Cyril Hinshelwood, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 31 May 1950 |
| RR/72/155 | Letter from Paul Gordon Fildes, on a paper 'The stability of D-arabinose adaption of Bact. lactis aerogenes' by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and S Jackson to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 May 1949 |
| MDA/N/1/155 | Correspondence between Paul Gordon Fildes and the Royal Society | 19 May-23 September 1955 |