Authorised form of name | Dacie; John Vivian (1912 - 2005) |
Dates | 1912 - 2005 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Putney, London, England |
Date of birth | 20/07/1912 |
Date of death | 12/02/2005 |
Occupation | Haematologist |
Activity | Education: King's College School, Wimbledon; studied medicine at King's College, London; qualified in medicine at King's College Hospital (1936) Career: House jobs, King's College Hospital; Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital; research post at Manchester Royal Infirmary; served in Royal Army Medical Corps (1943-1946), ended up a lieutenant colonel; Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Medical School; Professor, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London University, Hammersmith (1956), founder of Leukaemia Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital (1969); founder and editor, British Journal of Haematology; President, Royal College of Pathologists (1973-1975); President, Royal Society of Medicine (1977); retired 1977; founder of Leukaemia Research Fund, Great Ormond Street, London (1960); discovered and named Christmas disease, rare form of haemophilia; lifelong interest in lepidoptera Honours: Kt 1976
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 16/03/1967 |
Age at election | 54 |
RSActivity | Royal Society roles: Council: 1979-1981 |
Relationships | Married (1938) Margaret Thynne |
Source | Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 67-82, plate, by Mitchell Lewis, Patrick, Mollison and David Weatherall Obituaries in Telegraph (19 February 2005), Guardian (11 March 2005), Times (17 March 2003) |
Code | NA3920 |
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