John Boyd (bacteriologist)

Brigadier
Sir John Boyd
OBE FRS FRCP
Director, Wellcome Laboratories of Tropical Medicine
In office
1946–1955
Director of Pathology, War Office
In office
1945–1946
Personal details
Born
John Smith Knox Boyd

18 September 1891
Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died10 June 1981(1981-06-10) (aged 89)

Brigadier Sir John Smith Knox Boyd (18 September 1891 – 10 June 1981)[1][2] was a Scottish bacteriologist and a senior officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC).[3]

  1. ^ "Boyd, Sir John Smith Knox (1891–1981), bacteriologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30842. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 7 July 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Boyd, Brig. Sir John (Smith Knox), (18 Sept. 1891–10 June 1981)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u162247. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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