Frederick Stratton (8 October 1913 – 2 April 2001) was an English

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and an internationally recognized expert in blood transfusion. He is known for discovering one of the ''Rh'' allelomorphs. Stratton was born in

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, England. After education at the Central Manchester Grammar School, he matriculated in 1931 at the

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, graduating in 1934 with BSc. He then studied medicine at the medical school of the University of Manchester, qualifying there MB ChB Manchester in 1937. After a brief time as a general practitioner, he joined in 1940 the Manchester Blood Depot as a medical officer and was soon appointed deputy to the director,

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(1897–1998). In 1946 Stratton was appointed regional blood transfusion officer. He was the director of the Manchester Blood Centre from 1949 to 1980. With his deputy directory, Peter H. Renton, he wrote the important book ''Practical Blood Grouping'' (Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publishing, 1958). Stratton received his DPH in 1939, his research MD degree in 1944, and his DSc in 1957. In 1947 he married Louisa A. Pineger in

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. They had two sons.

Awards and honours

* 1963 — FRCPath * 1963 — Percy Oliver Memorial Award of the Royal College of Pathologists * 1966 — FRCP * 1978 —

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of the

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* 1987 — James Blundell Award of the British Blood Transfusion Society

References

1913 births 2001 deaths Alumni of the University of Manchester British haematologists 20th-century English medical doctors Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists {{UK-med-bio-stub