Philip Bruce White (29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949) was a British microbiologist.
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| Born | 29 December 1891 Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales[1] |
| Died | 19 March 1949 (aged 57) London, England |
In 1926, White published a schema for classifying salmonella bacteria based on serum.[2][3] This was later extended by the Danish microbiologist Fritz Kauffmann, the Kauffman–White classification.
White became a fellow of the Royal Society on 20 March 1941.
White was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, and died in London.
References
edit- ^ Hartley, P. (1950). "Philip Bruce White. Born 29th December 1891. Died 19th March 1949". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 62 (3): 468–481. doi:10.1002/path.1700620327. PMID 14784919.
- ^ P. B. White: Further Studies of the Salmonella Group. Great Britain Medical Research Council 103, (Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 3–160, 1926.
- ^ F. Kauffmann: Das Fundament. Munksgaard, Kopenhagen, 1978.
Further reading
edit- Wilson Smith (30 November 1950). "Philip Bruce White, 1891–1949". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7 (19): 278–292. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1950.0018. ISSN 1479-571X.
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