F. R. G. Heaf

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Professor Frederick Roland George Heaf (1894-1973) was a British physician.

He was born in Desborough, Northamptonshire, England. He attended the University of Cambridge and St Thomas' Hospital as a medical student. He followed a career in Public health and became a Professor at the University of Wales in 1949. His lifelong interest was in tuberculosis and the test used in the UK for immunity to TB used is named for him.

[edit] Publications

Rehabilitating the Tuberculous - F. R. G. Heaf and John Bowes McDougall (1945)

Recent advances in respiratory tuberculosis - F. R. G. Heaf (1968) ISBN 0-7000-1330-X

[edit] References

• B.G. Firkin & J.A.Whitworth (1987). Dictionary of Medical Eponyms. Parthenon Publishing. ISBN 1-85070-333-7
• Munk's Roll (Royal College of Physicians obituaries)