Harry Smith (microbiologist)
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| Born | 7 August 1921 |
| Died | 10 December 2011 (aged 90) |
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Harry Smith CBE FRS FRCPath FSB (7 August 1921 – 10 December 2011) was a British microbiologist, and Professor of Microbiology, at the University of Birmingham.[1]
Life
In 1945, he was appointed assistant professor at University College Nottingham. He was a researcher at Microbiological Research Establishment at Porton Down. From 1965 to 1988, he was Chair of Microbiology at the University of Birmingham, subsequently becoming Emeritus Professor.[2][3][4][5]
Awards and honours
He was president of the Society for General Microbiology and of the 14th International Congress of Microbiology. In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours Smith was appointed a Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the Ministry of Defence.[2][6]
Family
In 1947, Harry Smith married Janet Holmes; they had one son and one daughter.[2]
References
- ↑ SMITH, Prof. Harry. Who Was Who 2014 (online edition via Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
- 1 2 3 Cocking, Edward (28 December 2011). "Professor Harry Smith: Leading authority on virulence and bacterial infection". The Independent. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ Alan Rickinson (2014). "Harry Smith CBE. 7 August 1921 — 10 December 2011". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0014.
- ↑ "The Role of Microbial Interactions in Infectious Disease". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 297 (1088): 551–561. 11 June 1982. doi:10.1098/rstb.1982.0060.
- ↑ Brydon, Edward. "Harry Smith CBE FRS, 1921–2011". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53332. p. 9. 11 June 1993.
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