Robin Coombs

Robin Coombs
Robin Coombs
Born(1921-01-09)9 January 1921
London, England
Died25 January 2006(2006-01-25) (aged 85)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
King's College, Cambridge
Known forCoombs test;
Gell–Coombs classification
AwardsGairdner Foundation International Award (1965)
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
InstitutionsCorpus Christi College, Cambridge

Robert Royston Amos Coombs (9 January 1921 – 25 January 2006)[1] was a British immunologist, co-discoverer of the Coombs test (1945) used for detecting antibodies in various clinical scenarios, such as Rh disease and blood transfusion.[2][3]

  1. ^ Lachmann, P.; Waldmann, H. (2009). "Robert Royston Amos (Robin) Coombs. 9 January 1921 -- 25 January 2006". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 55: 45–58. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2008.0021.
  2. ^ Pamphilon, Derwood H.; Scott, Marion L. (5 June 2007). "Robin Coombs: his life and contribution to haematology and transfusion medicine". British Journal of Haematology. 137 (5): 401–408. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06531.x. ISSN 0007-1048. PMID 17488485.
  3. ^ "Robert Royston Amos Coombs". Munks Roll – Lives of the Fellows. XII. Royal College of Physicians: Royal College of Physicians: 584. 6 June 1967. Retrieved 2 February 2018.