| Authorised form of name | Twort; Frederick William (1877 - 1950) |
| Dates | 1877 - 1950 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Camberley, Surrey, England |
| Date of birth | 22 October 1877 |
| Place of death | Camberley, Surrey |
| Date of death | 30/03/1950 |
| Occupation | Bacteriologist |
| Research field | Microbiology |
| Activity | Career:
Professor Superintendent of the Brown Animal Institution
Memberships:
MRCS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1929 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP); DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1950-1951 vol 7 pp 505-517, plate, by Paul Fildes
References:
Patricia H Clarke, 'Dissolving Microbes in Dissension', review of Antony Twort, In Focus, Out of Step: A Biography of Frederick William Twort FRS in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 173-174, plate |
| Code | NA1742 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1929/15 | Twort, Frederick William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/GRS/6400 | Twort, Frederick William | nd |
| NLB/38/146 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Frederick William] Twort, [Fellow of the Royal Society], London Hospital Medical College, Turner Street, Mile End, E. | 19 June 1908 |
| NLB/39/642 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to F [Frederick] W [William] Twort | 19 February 1909 |
| NLB/56/171 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Frederick William] Twort Esquire, FRS | 5 December 1918 |
| RR/22/125 | Referee's report by Joseph Barcroft, on a paper 'The effect of the depth of pulmonary ventilation on the oxygen in the venous blood of man' by J Frederick William Twort and Leonard Erskine Hill | February 1915 |
| RR/17/233 | Referee's report by Sidney Harris Cox Martin, on a paper 'The fermentation of glucosides by bacteria of the typhoid-coli group and the acquisition of new fermenting powers by bacillus dysenteriae and other micro-organisms. Preliminary communication' by Frederick William Twort | 12 March 1907 |
| MDA/C/26/152 | Application to the Scientific Relief Fund, on behalf of Dorothy Twort | 1945-1952 |
| RR/60/9 | Referee's report by Frederick William Twort, on a paper 'The influence of certain carcinogenic and other hydrocarbons on body growth in the rat' by Alexander Haddow and C M Scott | 11 December 1936 |
| RR/18/188 | Referee's report by Charles James Martin, on a paper 'A method for isolating and cultivating the mycobacterium enteritidis chronicae pseudotuberculosae bovis, Jöhne, and some experiments on the preparation of a diagnostic vaccine for pseudo-tuberculous enteritis of bovines' by Frederick William Twort and G L Y Ingram | December 1911 |
| RR/60/12 | Referee's report by Frederick William Twort, on a paper 'The influence of various polycyclic hydrocarbons on the growth rate of transplantable tumours' by Alexander Haddow and A M Robinson | 11 December 1936 |