Harry Smith (microbiologist)

Harry Smith
Born 7 August 1921
Died 10 December 2011 (aged 90)
Institutions
Notable awards

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 for services to the Ministry of Defence.[6][2]

Family

In 1947, Harry Smith married Janet Holmes; they had one son and one daughter. [2]

References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cocking, Edward (28 December 2011). "Professor Harry Smith: Leading authority on virulence and bacterial infection". The Independent. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Brydon, Edward. "Harry Smith CBE FRS, 1921–2011". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53332. p. 9. 11 June 1993.