Lawrence Paul Garrod

Lawrence Paul Garrod (1 December 1895 - 11 September 1979), was a British bacteriologist who studied uses of penicillin. In 1929, he was a reader in the University of London and became professor of bacteriology in 1934, a post that he held until his retirement in 1961. He was a member of committees of the Department of Health, the Medical Research Council and World Health Organization.[1][2]

The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy awards the Garrod Lecture and Medal in his name.[3]

References
  1. E. P. ABRAHAM, Ernst Chain and Paul Garrod, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 6, Issue 4, July 1980, Pages 423–424
  2. "Lawrence Paul Garrod | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. "Garrod Lecture & Medal". The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.


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