| Authorised form of name | Topley; William Whiteman Carlton (1886 - 1944) |
| Dates | 1886 - 1944 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Lewisham, London, England |
| Date of birth | 19 January 1886 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 21/01/1944 |
| Research field | Epidemiology |
| Activity | Education:
City of London School (1900-1904). MA, MD (Camb); MSc (Manc)
Career:
Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of London; Director of the Division of Bacteriology and Immunology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Professor of Bacteriology, University of Manchester (1922-1927); Salters' Research Fellow, Goulstonian Lecturer, Milroy Lecturer, Royal College of Physicians; Honorary Physician to the King
Memberships:
FRCP
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/05/1930 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1939-1940
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1942
Lectures:
Croonian 1941 |
| Relationships | Nephew of William Topley (FRS 1888) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 699-712, plate, by M Greenwood |
| Code | NA2451 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1930/15 | Topley, William Whiteman Carlton: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/21/150 | Referee's report by Arthur Robertson Cushny, on a paper 'The influence of salt-concentration on haemolysis' by William Whiteman Carlton Topley | [December 1914] |
| RR/67/433 | Referee's report by William Whiteman Carlton Topley, on a paper 'Quantitative studies on the effect of haptenes on the reaction between antigens and antibodies' by Barnet Woolf | 1939 |
| NLB/72/831 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Whiteman Carlton] Topley, FRS | 19 May 1930 |
| RR/49/80 | Referee's report by William Whiteman Carlton Topley, on a paper 'The effect of carbon dioxide on bacterial growth' by Frederick Philip Coyne | [March 1933] |
| RR/67/431 | Referee's report by William Whiteman Carlton Topley, on a paper 'The reaction between type II pneumococcus antiserum and a glucuronide azo-protein' by Barnet Woolf | 1939 |
| RR/W/7/36 | Letter from W W C [William Whiteman Carlton] Topley to the Royal Society, regarding two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea | 6 December 1938 |