Alan Powell Goffe

Alan Powell Goffe
Born(1920-07-09)9 July 1920
Kingston-on-Thames, London
Died13 August 1966(1966-08-13) (aged 46)
Known forDevelopment of poliomyelitis vaccine in UK, development of "Beckenham" strain of measles, setting up and leading the Department for Experimental Cytology at the Wellcome Research Laboratories
Scientific career
FieldsPathology, virology
InstitutionsCentral Public Health Laboratory, Wellcome Research Laboratories

Alan Powell Goffe (9 July 1920 – 13 August 1966) was a British pathologist whose research contributed to the development and improvement of vaccines, most notably the polio and measles vaccines.[1][2] He was a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. At the time of his death he was the head of the Department of Experimental Cytology at the Wellcome Research Laboratories.[3]

  1. ^ Edward, D. G. (1967). "Alan Powell Goffe. 9 July 1920 – 13 August 1966". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 93 (2): 729–734. doi:10.1002/path.1700930244. ISSN 1555-2039. PMID 4861404.
  2. ^ "Obituary Notices". British Medical Journal. 2 (5512): 531–532. 27 August 1966. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5512.531. PMC 1943558.
  3. ^ Yumpu.com. "Goffe, Alan Powell – Epsom College Archive Website". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2 October 2019.