John William Henry Eyre (Mediterranean Fever Commission, Wellcome L0022610)

Prof John William Henry Eyre FRSE (1869–1944) was a British

bacteriologist A bacteriologist is a microbiologist, or similarly trained professional, in bacteriology -- a subdivision of microbiology that studies bacteria, typically pathogenic ones. Bacteriologists are interested in studying and learning about bacteria, ...

and ophthalmologist, specialising in the bacteriology of the eye.

Life

He was born in

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on 18 July 1869 the son of John Eyre. He was educated privately and at

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in London. In 1889 he entered Guy’s Hospital Medical School which linked to a Diploma at the

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graduating MB in 1893, followed by a course in Public Health at

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. In 1899 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Robert Howden, Sir Thomas Oliver, Angus MacGillivray, and Sir German Sims Woodhead In 1899 he moved to

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and in 1900 became the first recipient of the Ernest Hart Memorial Research Scholarship. In 1906 he spent the summer in

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having been co-opted onto the Royal Society Commission on Mediterranean Fever. He was Vice-President of the

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. From 1920 to 1934 he was Professor of Bacteriology at the

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(attached to

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). He retired in 1934 and died on 17 February 1944.

Publications

*''The Elements of Bacteriological Technique'' (1902) several later editions *''Serums, Vaccines and Toxines in Treatment and Diagnoses'' (1910)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyre, John William Henry 1869 births 1944 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh British ophthalmologists British microbiologists Alumni of Durham University College of Medicine People educated at Whitgift School