John Joseph Mackenzie (24 March 1865 – 1 August 1922) was a
Canadian
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pathologist
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and
bacteriologist
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. He was born at
St. Thomas,
Canada West, and was educated at
Toronto
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,
Leipzig
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, and
Berlin
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universities, and later was appointed bacteriologist at the
Ontario Board of Health. In 1900 he became
professor
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of pathology and bacteriology in Toronto University. He was made fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
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(1909), president of the
Canadian Institute
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History
The organization was formed in Toronto as t ...
(1909), and a member of the
Society of American Bacteriologists and of the
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. He contributed scientific papers to the medical press and published ''Recent Theories in Regard to the Causes of Immunity to Infectious Disease'' (1907).
External links
Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''John Joseph Mackenzie archival papersheld at th
University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services*
1865 births
1922 deaths
Canadian science writers
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Canadian pathologists
People from St. Thomas, Ontario
University of Toronto alumni
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