Person    | Male  Born 28/2/1915  Died 2/10/1987

Sir Peter Medawar

Categories: Medicine

Countries: Brazil

OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate.  Born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His pioneering wartime research on tissue grafting won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1960. Not a fan of psychoanalysis - in 1975 he called it "the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the 20th century". His autobiography is titled: Memoir of a Thinking Radish (1986). Died London. 

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Sir Peter Medawar

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Sir Peter Medawar plaque

Sir Peter Medawar, 1915 - 1987, pioneer of transplantation immunology, lived ...

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Sir Peter Medawar tree

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East End Maternity Hospital

East End Maternity Hospital

The splendid Lost Hospitals of London gives a full history.  In summary: Opened as the Mothers' Lying-In Home in Glamis Road, Shadwell. 1889 moved to number 396 Commercial Road and by WW1 it had ex...

Group, Medicine

2 memorials
Kensington Wells

Kensington Wells

In 1696 a mineral spring was discovered on the site, and the Kensington Wells developed from it. The first building to be erected at the spring was the Wells spa, which operated until the mid 18th...

Place, Commerce, Medicine

1 memorial
South London Hospital for Women

South London Hospital for Women

Hospital for women and children. Founded by surgeons Eleanor Davies-Colley and Maud Chadburn. Throughout its existence, it was staffed by women only. The original building was designed by Sir Edwin...

Building, Architecture, Medicine

2 memorials
G.P. Research Club

G.P. Research Club

A meeting of the club is held twice a year, at which various papers, from research ideas through to completed, published studies are presented. BJGP tells that this nationwide club was founded by ...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial