Person Wright; Sir; Almroth Edward (1861 - 1947); medical scientist Wright Almroth Edward Sir medical scientist 1861 - 1947 British Male Middleton Tyas, near Richmond, Yorkshire, England 10 August 1861 18610910 His home, Southernwood, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England 30/04/1947 19470430

medical scientist Bacteriology Immunology Medicine Education: Privately educated at home; Royal Academical Institution, Belfast; Trinity College, Dublin MD (Dubl) Career: Demonstrator of pathology at Cambridge (1887); moved to Sydney, Australia, returning to England to work in a newly opened conjoint laboratories of the two royal colleges; professor of pathology at the army medical school at Netley, Hampshire (1892-1902); served on the Indian plague commission (1898–9); left the army medical school and took up the appointment of pathologist at St Mary's Hospital, London (1902); travelled to South Africa to study pneumonia among the African workers in the Rand goldmines (1911); on his return he devoted his time to full-time research; appointed director of the bacteriological department of the newly founded Medical Research Committee (later Council) (1913) but was prevented from taking it up due to the outbreak of the First World War; went to France as a temporary colonel in the Army Medical Service setting up a laboratory in the casino at Boulogne (1914); returned to St Mary’s focusing on problems of immunisation, specifically the changes induced in the blood response to vaccination by bacterial products (1918-1943). Honours: Kt 1906; CB 1915; KBE 1919 Awards/Medals: Leconte prize 1915 First gold medal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1920 Parents: Revd Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1836–1909), an eminent Hebraist and militant protestant, and Ebba Johanna Dorothea, daughter of Nils Wilhelm Almroth, governor of the royal mint, Stockholm. Brother: Sir Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright, librarian to the London Library. Spouse: Jane Georgina Wilson (d. 1926), daughter of Robert Mackay Wilson JP, of Coolcarrigan, co. Kildare (1889). Children: Edward Robert Mackay Wright (1890-1913); Leonard Almoth Wilson Wright (1891-1972); Doris Helena MacNaughton Wright (1894-1990). Known for vaccination through the use of autogenous vaccines. Remembered for his strong opposition to women's suffrage, opining that women's brains are incapable of understanding social and public issues. His strong views were used as the model for the character Sir Colenso Ridgeon in George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma. Medals and prizes: Buchanan Medal 1917 Fellow 03/05/1906 45 Augustus Desire Waller; Walter Holbrook Gaskell; Leonard Erskine Hill; William Osler; Charles Scott Sherrington; Patrick Manson; Edward Waymouth Reid; Victor Horsley Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1948-1949 vol 6 pp 297-314, plate, by L Colebrook International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1948.0032 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Wright%2C+Almroth+Edward RCN 21149 RCN 21888 RCN 16359 10 Aug 1861 - 30 Apr 1947 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 22/05/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1246 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 829cbe4e-163c-4353-b268-b91b50d60227