Epstein, Sir Michael Anthony (1921-2024), knight, pathologist

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Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Epstein, Sir Michael Anthony (1921-2024), knight, pathologist

Other form(s) of name

  • Epstein, Sir Anthony (usual name)

Description area

Dates of existence

1921-2024

History

Sir Michael Anthony Epstein was born in London on 18 May 1921 and educated at St Paul's School, London. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned his BA in 1943, followed by an MB BChir in 1949, an MA (Cantab.) that same year, and an MD inread more

Functions, occupations and activities

Membership of Societies, Organizations, and Boards

United Kingdom
Scientific Advisory Committee Member, Harvard Medical School New England Regional Primate Research Center, 1972–1996
Committee Chairman, Medical Research Council, 1974–1988
Foreign Secretary,read more

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Sources

Based on the biographical history of Epstein in Celia Cassingham's 2016 catalogue of Epstein's papers for the Centre for Scientific Archives.
Epstein, Sir Anthony. (2012). Burkitt lymphoma and the discovery of Epstein–Barr virus. British Journal ofread more