| Description | John Herbert Humphrey, born 1915, was the son of engineer H A Humphrey, who was a co-founder of ICI. J H Humphrey was a British bacteriologist and immunologist who was educated at Winchester College. He undertook a BA in Natural Sciences at Trinity College Cambridge in 1937, and then qualified in Medicine at University College Hospital in 1940. Humphrey's career began as a houseman at Hammersmith Hospital. After taking posts at the Lister Institute, Central Middlsex Hospital and University College Hospital, he joined the National Institute for Medical Research in the Division of Biological Standards in 1949. In 1957 Humphrey became head of the Division of Immunology, in 1976 he became Deputy Director of the National Institute for Medical Research. In 1975 he left to become a Professor of Immunology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith.
Humphrey was described as a pioneer in cellular immunology by [Brigitte Askonas] (ASK). He worked with James Lightbrown on setting International Standards for antibodies and enzymes and co-founded the British Society for Immunology, which was a splinter group of the Pathological Society.
Humphrey was also politically active. He was a founding member of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War.
This collections comprises the papers of John Herbert Humphrey, collected from the National Institute of Medical Research at Mill Hill. The papers include research files, correspondence files, and a small collection of photograph albums. |