| Authorised form of name | Morgan; Walter Thomas James (1900 - 2003) |
| Dates | 1900 - 2003 |
| Place of birth | Ilford, Essex |
| Date of birth | 05/10/1900 |
| Place of death | Cheam, Surrey |
| Date of death | 10/02/2003 |
| Research field | Immunochemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Rayne's Foundation School (-1916); University of London (1918) Chemistry degree; PhD in Department of Biochemistry, Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine under Professor Sir Arthur Harden
Career:
Laboratory assistant, working on synthetic production of phenol (1916-1918); worked at Royal Naval Experimental Station (1918); commenced research career at Lister Institute (1925); Biochemist, Serum and Vaccine Department, Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Elstree, Hertfordshire (1929); Reader in Biochemistry, Lister Institute London Laboratories (1938-1951), Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry (1951-1968); Honorary Secretary, Biochemical Society (1940-1945); Honorary Secretary, Biological Council (1944-1947); Deputy Director of Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine (1952-1968), Director (1972-1975); with his team at the Lister Institute he completely elucidated the structures of the antigens associated with the ABO, H and Lewis blood group systems and revealed their interrelationships (c1968); retired (1968) but continued to be involved in research
Honours:
CBE 1959 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1949 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1956-1958, 1961-1964; VP 1961-1964
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1968
Lectures:
Croonian 1959 |
| Relationships | Married (1930) Dorothy Price (died 1993) |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: The Independent (25 February 2003)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 291-302, plate, by Winifred M Watkins FRS and Kenneth D Bagshawe FRS |
| Code | NA4612 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1949/16 | Morgan, Walter Thomas James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003174 | Morgan, Walter Thomas James | January 1986 |
| GLB/40/2/5 | Charles Dodds, Chairman and Ashley Miles, Director, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine to Brown | 20 June 1968 |
| IM/GA/WS/3507 | Morgan, Walter Thomas James | nd |
| IM/GA/GRS/5269 | Morgan, Walter Thomas James | nd |
| RR/78/88 | Referee's report by Walter Thomas James Morgan, on a paper 'Electrophoretic studies of serum proteins of foetal rabbits' by Francis William Rogers Brambell, W A Hemmings, Megan Henderson and Ralph Ambrose Kekwick | 6 January 1953 |