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John William Scott Macfie

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John William Scott Macfie
Black and white portrait photograph of John William Scott Macfie
Born(1879-09-16)16 September 1879
Died11 October 1948(1948-10-11) (aged 69)
Buchanan Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
NationalityBritish
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge[1]
Known forResearches on tropical diseases, especially on malaria and trypanosomiasis[1]
Contributions to entomology, particularly descriptive reports of new species, on ceratopogonidae (biting midges), mosquitoes and tse-tse fly[1]
AwardsMary Kingsley Medal
Scientific career
Fieldszoology / medicine
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh[1]
Radcliffe Infirmary and County Hospital, Oxford[1]

John William Scott Macfie DSc (Edin.) (16 September 1879 – 11 October 1948) was an English entomologist, parasitologist and protozoologist.[1]

Life

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Macfie was born in Eastham, Cheshire, England. He died in Hastings, Sussex, England.

Macfie was educated at Oundle School and Caius College, Cambridge.[2] In 1915 he received a DSc from the University of Edinburgh.[3] He was director of the Medical Research Institute in Accra between 1914 and 1923, having undertaken the same responsibilities in an acting capacity at Lagos in 1913.[1]

He was awarded the Mary Kingsley medal by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1919[1] and lectured at that institution on protozoology between 1923 and 1925.[1]

Sources and further reading

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Who's Who 1938. London: A & C Black. 1938. I.
  2. ^ "Macfie, John William Scott (MFY898JW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Macfie, John William Scott (1915). "Published papers". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)