Person Polani; Paul Emanuel (1914 - 2006) Polani Paul Emanuel Paolo Emanuele 1914 - 2006 British Male Trieste, Italy 01/01/1914 19140101 18/02/2006 20060218

Geneticist in paediatric research Education: Liceo Francesco Petrarca, Trieste; Medical Student in Siena; Scuola Normale Superiore at Pisa, (MD degree in 1938 with a thesis in neurophysiology) Career: Left Italy in 1939, arrived in London hoping to do postgraduate studies but was prevented by the outbreak of war, enrolled as ship's surgeon lieutenant on a merchant vessel bound for the Far East. In 1940, when Italy entered the war, he was interned as an enemy alien on the Isle of Man. Together with two other interned doctors, a psychiatrist and a pathologist, Polani ran the camp hospital. Released 1941, appointed medical and surgical officer at the Evelina Children's Hospital in Southwark; joined the paediatric department at Guy's Hospital in 1948, funded by a two-year fellowship from the National Birthday Trust. He studied kernicterus, a severe form of jaundice that was once common in newborn babies and which causes brain damage. He also trained in genetics at University College. Assistant to Director, Department of Child Health, Guy's Hospital Medical School (1950-1955); Director, Paediatric Research Unit (1960-1983); Director, Medical Research Unit, National Spastic Society (1955-1960); Prince Philip Professor of Paediatric Research, London University (1960-1980) (Emeritus); Director, South East Thames Regional Genetics Centre (1976-1982). Fellow 15/03/1973 59 Obituaries: 'The Independent' (21 March 2006) 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 1 Jan 1914 - 18 Feb 2006 NA3943 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes fc652d76-382d-4919-b517-ffe2fc787a4d