| 词条 | Christopher Andrewes |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Sir Christopher Howard Andrewes | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|FRS}} | image = File:Christopher Andrewes.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|6|7|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|31|1896|6|7|df=y}} | death_place = | residence = England | nationality = British | module= {{Infobox scientist | embed=yes | field = Virology | work_institution = National Institute for Medical Research | alma_mater = St Bartholomew's Hospital | doctoral_advisor = | known_for = | religion = | footnotes = }} }} Sir Christopher Howard Andrewes {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|FRS}} (7 June 1896 – 31 December 1988) was a British virologist who discovered the human influenza A virus in 1933. EducationAndrewes was educated at Highgate School and later studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[1] CareerHe served in the Royal Navy as a surgeon during World War One. In 1927 he joined the scientific staff of the National Institute for Medical Research to assist Patrick Laidlaw in developing a vaccine against canine distemper. This led on to research on influenza and the discovery of the causative virus in 1933 and subsequent vaccine development. He was head of NIMR's Division of Bacteriology and Virus Research from 1939 to 1961, during which time he established the Common Cold Research Unit near Salisbury as an NIMR outpost in 1947, and the World Influenza Centre at Mill Hill in 1948, which spawned a worldwide network of collaborating centres.[2][3] Andrewes was Deputy Director of NIMR from 1952–61 and retired in 1967. Awards and honours
Personal lifeAndrewes married Kathleen Lamb in 1927 and had three sons, two of whom became general practitioners.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Sir Christopher Howard Andrewes|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/100|website=Munk's Roll|publisher=Royal College of Physicians|accessdate=13 November 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Christopher Howard Andrewes|url=http://www.historyofnimr.org.uk/biographies-of-nimr-scientists/christopher-howard-andrewes-frs-1896-1988/|website=NIMR History|accessdate=13 November 2014}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=MRC National Institute for Medical Research.|title=A century of science for health|date=2014|publisher=MRC National Institute for Medical Research.}} 4. ^{{Cite journal | last1 = Tyrrell | first1 = D. A. J. | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1991.0002 | title = Christopher Howard Andrewes. 7 June 1896-31 December 1987 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 37 | pages = 34–54| year = 1991 | pmid = | pmc = }} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=42233 |date=27 December 1960 |page=8927| supp=y}} External links
8 : 1896 births|1988 deaths|People educated at Highgate School|British virologists|Influenza researchers|National Institute for Medical Research faculty|Knights Bachelor|Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences |
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