Person Robertson; Muriel (1883 - 1973); protozoologist and bacteriologist Robertson Muriel protozoologist and bacteriologist 1883 - 1973 British Female Glasgow, Scotland 08 April 1883 18830408 Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland 14/06/1973 19730614

97 Chesterton Road, Cambridge, England (1944)

Protozoologist; Bacteriologist Microbiology Bacteriology Protozoology Education: At home; Glasgow University. MA (1905), DSc (1922) Career: Research at Glasgow University; Carnegie Fellow (1907-1910); travelled to Ceylon to study blood parasites of reptiles (1907); returned to Glasgow (1908); research assistant to E A Minchin (FRS 1911) at the Lister Institute of Preventitive Medicine, London (1909-1911), and joined the staff of the Institute (1910); Protozoologist to the Protectorate of Uganda in the Royal Society laboratory, Mpumu (1911-1914); returned to the Lister Institute when war broke out (1914); studied the bacterial causes of gangrene, which she returned to when evacuated to Cambridge (1939); Head, Department of Protozoology, Lister Institute (1944); her main research was in Trichomonas; had one eye removed due to glaucoma (1950s); worked part-time in the laboratory of the Agricultural Research Council Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, near Cambridge; went to live with her sister in Limvady and spent the last 18 months of her life in hospital there. Memberships: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine Institute of Biology Pathological Society Society for Experimental Biology Medical Research Club Society of General Microbiology (founding member and serving on its council 1945-1948) Parents: Robert Andrew Robertson (1842–1899), engineer, and Elizabeth Ritter (b. 1851), originally from Limavady, co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Distinguished for her researches in Protozoology and Immunology. Made key discoveries of the life cycle of trypanosomes (notably Trypanosoma gambiense, which causes African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness), flagellates, and those on the antigenic properties of the group of anaerobic bacteria which cause gas-gangrene. Contributed towards the understanding, prevention, and cure of disease. Fellow 20/03/1947 64 William Ewart Gye James Walter McLeod Edwin Hindle Alan Nigel Drury Sydney Price James Alexander Fleming Samuel Phillips Bedson Charles Morley Wenyon Charles James Martin John Graham Kerr Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1974 vol 20 pp 317-347, plate, by Ann Bishop and Sir Ashley Miles References: Joan Mason, 'The Women Fellows' Jubilee' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 125-140 Robertson, Muriel.jpg ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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.1974.0014 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Robertson%2C+Muriel RCN R76855 RCN R76884 RCN R76890 RCN R76891 RCN R76881 RCN R76894 RCN R76883 RCN R76880 RCN R76900 RCN R76893 RCN R76887 RCN R76859 RCN R76861 RCN R76882 RCN R76857 RCN 18705 RCN R76866 RCN R76876 RCN R76877 RCN 18704 RCN R76864 RCN 18718 RCN R76867 RCN R76868 RCN 18719 RCN R76871 RCN R76865 RCN 18717 RCN R76870 RCN R76874 RCN R76869 RCN 18708 RCN R76896 RCN R76895 RCN R76856 RCN R76854 RCN R76872 RCN 8985 RCN R76875 RCN R76879 RCN R76901 RCN R76897 RCN R76898 RCN R76889 RCN R76858 RCN R76860 RCN R76878 RCN R76899 RCN R76862 RCN R76886 RCN R76863 RCN 18715 RCN R76873 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH7244 8 Apr 1883 - 14 Jun 1973 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 11/12/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8015 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 98878f41-99ef-431f-ad27-d26ffdbc2777