David Tyrrell (physician)

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David Tyrrell
CBE FRS
Born
David Arthur John Tyrrell

(1925-06-19)19 June 1925
Ashford, Middlesex, England
Died2 May 2005(2005-05-02) (aged 79)
Salisbury, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
Known forDiscovery and naming of coronaviruses
Spouse
Moyra Wylie
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(m. 1950)​
Children3 (1 son and 2 daughters)
Scientific career
InstitutionsRockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Medical Research Council, Sheffield
Common Cold Unit
Northwick Park Hospital
Doctoral studentsWendy Barclay[1]

David Arthur John Tyrrell CBE FRS (19 June 1925 – 2 May 2005) was a British virologist who was the director of the Common Cold Unit, which investigated viruses that caused common colds. He discovered the first human coronavirus (designated B814) in 1965. With June Almeida he made the first comparative study of human and chicken coronaviruses in 1967, and invented the name coronavirus in 1968.

  1. ^ Barclay, Wendy S. (1988). The humoral immune response to rhinovirus infection. copac.jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Reading. OCLC 499917328. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.383380. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.