| LC control no. | n 83166339 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wilson, Graham S. (Graham Selby), Sir, 1895-1987 |
| Variant(s) | Wilson, Graham Selby, Sir, 1895- Wilson, G. S. (Graham Selby), 1895-1987 |
| Birth date | 18950910 |
| Death date | 19870505 |
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne (England) |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps Charing Cross Hospital. Medical School University of Manchester London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Great Britain. Public Health Laboratory Service |
| Profession or occupation | Bacteriologists |
| Found in | Topley and Wilson's principles of bacteriology, virology, and immunity, 1946: title page (G. S. Wilson, M.D., F.R.C.P., D.H.P., K.H.P., Professor of Bacteriology as Applied to Hygiene, University of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service) LC data base, 6-16-83 (hdg.: Wilson, Graham Selby, Sir, 1895-; usage: Sir Graham S. Wilson) The principles of bacteriology and immunity, 1929: title pae (G.S. Wilson) The hazards of immunization, based on University of London Heath Clark lectures, 1966: title page (Sir Graham S. Wilson) Find A Grave, via WWW, January 12, 2014 (Sir Graham Selby Wilson; born September 10, 1895; died April 5, 1987; Bacteriologist and Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service; he was educated at King's College and Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London, where he undertook his first research under W.W.C. Topley; during the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and rejoined Topley at Charing Cross in 1920; he retired in 1963 and became a lecturer in Microbiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society, 1988: volume 34, page 888-919 (Graham Selby Wilson, 10 September 1895- 5 April 1987; elected F.R.S. 1978; born in Newcastle upon Tyne; he earned his M.D. in 1919; he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1916 and served as Captain until 1920; from 1919 he was graded as Specialist in Bacteriology, and spent some time in India; he joined W.W.C. Topley at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School as Demonstrator in Bacteriology in 1920; in 1923 he moved with Topley to the University of Manchester as lecturer; in 1927 he moved to the newly formed London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as Reader in Bacteriology; he was appointed to the Chair of Bacteriology; Applied to Hygience in 1930 and held this post until 1947; from the outbreak of war in 1939 Wilson served in the Emergency Health Laboratory Service , of which he was appointed Director in 1941; he continued as Director of the peacetime Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) until his retirement in 1963, after which he returned to the London School of Hygiene as honorary Lecturer in Microbiology; Wilson served as Honorary Physician to H.M. King George VI from 1944 to 1946; he was created a Knight Bachelor in 1962) |
| Associated language | eng |
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