Person Nuttall; George Henry Falkiner (1862 - 1937); bacteriologist Nuttall George Henry Falkiner bacteriologist 1862 - 1937 American British Male San Francisco, California, USA 05 July 1862 18620705 The Craven Hotel, London, England 16/12/1937 19371216 Cremation: Golders Green Creamtorim (21 December 1937)

Bacteriologist Zoology Parasitology Bacteriology Education: MA (Camb); MD (Calif); PhD (Göttingen) Career: Returned to Europe soon after birth; subsequently held positions in both America and Britain; discovered that defibrinated blood possesses a strong bactericidal property against anthrax bacilli, and that this property disappears on heating the blood to 55 °C which paved the way for the study of humoral immunity and was the forerunner of the discovery of anti-toxic immunity (1888); studied the anaerobic gas-forming micro-organism (Clostridium welchii) with William Welch (1892); in collaboration with H. Thierfelder, carried out the first successful experiments on life under aseptic conditions; gave a course of lectures on bacteriology at Cambridge (1899); appointed university lecturer at Cambridge in bacteriology and preventive medicine (1900); Demonstrated that the disappearance of malaria from England was not due to the extinction of the mosquito genus Anopheles (1901); founded the Journal of Hygiene which he edited up to the time of his death, and in 1908 Parasitology, which he edited until 1933 (1901); published his monograph Blood Immunity and Blood Relationship, where he demonstrated a distinct similarity in chemical structure of the blood of animals related phylogenetically (1904); elected the first Quick Professor of Biology at Cambridge and a Fellow of Magdalen College, tasked with the specialist study of 'protozoa, especially such as cause disease' (1906); instrumental in the erection of the Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology (1921); resigned the Quick professorship (1931); became emeritus professor of biology; died suddenly on the eve of a dinner in his honour to be given by colleagues upon his retirement from his editorship of the Journal of Hygiene (1937). Parents: Robert Kennedy Nuttall MD, from Tittour, co. Wicklow, and Magdalena, daughter of John Parrott of San Francisco. Spouse: Paula (d. 1922), daughter of Kammerherr Hans von Oertzen-Kittendorf of Mecklenburg (1895). Children: George; Winfred; Carmelita. Furthered knowledge of parasites and insect carriers of disease. Made significant innovative discoveries in immunology, blood chemistry, and diseases transmitted by arthropods. Investigated the distribution of Anopheline mosquitoes in England in relation to the previous prevalence of malaria there. Identified, in collaboration with William Welch, the organism responsible for causing gas gangrene. Fellow 05/05/1904 42 John Burdon Sanderson; John Scott Haldane; Walter Holbrook Gaskell; Thomas Clifford Allbutt; Harry Marshall Ward; William Osler; John Rose Bradford; Patrick Manson; Edward Emmanuel Klein; Alfred Cort Haddon; Charles Scott Sherrington Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 493-499, plate, by G S Graham-Smith and D Keilin 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.1939.0009 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Nuttall%2C+George+Henry+Falkiner RCN 57037 RCN 57036 5 Jul 1862 - 16 Dec 1937 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 06/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1571 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/56600462 f32c7acf-d128-4410-b426-f8162fb2b062