Alexander Thomas Glenny (18 September 1882 – 5 October 1965), was a British immunologist known particularly for his work on the prevention of diphtheria.
Alexander Thomas Glenny | |
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| Born | 18 September 1882 |
| Died | 5 October 1965 |
Early life and education
editGlenny was born in Camberwell, London, England, educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, and awarded a B.Sc. by the University of London in 1905.[1]
Career
editIn 1899 Glenny started working for the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories, then in Central London, becoming head of the immunology department in 1906. He worked on immunizations and antitoxins against diseases, including tetanus and diphtheria, and, later, chemical weapons.
Glenny's scientific work focused on the mechanisms of antibody production and the prevention of diphtheria. In 1921 he and H. J. Südmersen discovered the primary and secondary immune response.[2] In the same paper they also briefly described the properties of diphtheria toxoid, which had been discovered by Glenny in 1904, apparently by accident.[3][4] In 1925-6 he developed alum-precipitated diphtheria toxoid.[4] He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1944[3] and awarded the Edward Jenner Medal by the Royal Society of Medicine in 1953.
Death
editGlenny died in 1965. He had married Emma Blanche Lillian Gibbs (born 1886) on 7 July 1910. They had three children, John (1913), Peter (1915), and Barbara (1918).
References
edit- ^ Evans, David (September 2010). "Glenny, Alexander Thomas (1882–1965)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33424. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ Glenny, Alexander Thomas; Südmerson, H.J. (1921). "Notes on the immunity to diphtheria toxin". Journal of Hygiene. 20 (2): 179–220. doi:10.1017/s0022172400033945. PMC 2207044. PMID 20474734.
- ^ a b Oakley, C.F. (1966). "Alexander Thomas Glenny, 1895-1966". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 12: 163–80. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1966.0007.
- ^ a b Dolman, C.E. (1973). "Landmarks and pioneers in the control of diphtheria". Canadian Journal of Public Health. 64 (4): 317–36. PMID 4581249.
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