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RefNoLC/1944/17
LevelItem
TitleSmith, Wilson
Date24 November 1939
DescriptionCertificate of Candidate for Election to the Fellowship
Suspended 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
Lapsed 1944
CitationSmith, Wilson (Sheffield). M.D., Dipl.Bact. (Manchester). Professor of BActeriology in the University of Sheffield.
Was one of the discoverers of the influenza virus, and has done much of the pioneer experimental work in laboratory animals on this subject. A good deal of this work was joint work, but Wilson Smith deserves a full share of the credit accruing from these investigations. He has also added notably to our knowledge regarding other viruses, such as vaccinia and herpes viruses, and studied the action of bile salts on several of these agents. He has further done valuable work with anti-pneumococcal sera which assists in their assay and standardisation. A list of twenty-eight original papers is appended.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge: Proposer - P P Laidlaw; Seconder - H H Dale; Percival Hartley; Charles Todd; Charles J Martin; Joseph A Arkwright; Paul Fildes; S P Bedson; C H Andrewes; Clifford Dobell
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionPaper, manuscript
NotesSubsequently elected 17 March 1949
AccessStatusOpen
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