Sir Walter Morley Fletcher, (21 July 1873 – 7 June 1933)
- was a British physiologist and administrator. Fletcher graduated from

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

and was most significant in his administration of the Medical Research Council (MRC) during the interwar years. Under his guidance, the MRC focused its funding on basic scientific research at the expense of clinical research but he made Britain a leader in biomedical research in the period.

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Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire British Congregationalists 1873 births 1933 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society {{UK-scientist-stub