Ralph Lainson

Ralph Lainson
Born (1927-02-21)21 February 1927
West Sussex
Died 5 May 2015(2015-05-05) (aged 88)
Citizenship United Kingdom
Education Steyning Grammar School
Alma mater London University
Awards Chalmers Medal,
Manson Medal
Scientific career
Fields parasitologist
Institutions Instituto Evandro Chagas

Ralph Lainson OBE, FRS (21 February 1927 – 5 May 2015) was a British parasitologist who studied leishmaniasis in Brazil.

Life

Lainson was born in West Sussex and studied at Steyning Grammar School. He earned a BSc from London University in 1951, a PhD in 1955, and a DSc in 1964. He was a lecturer in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from 1955 to 1959.[1]

He established the Wellcome Parasitology Unit, in the Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil, in 1965 and directed it until the unit was closed in 1992.[2]

He was awarded the Chalmers Medal and the Manson Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. [3]

Lainson died on 5 May 2015 at the age of 88.[4]

Works

  • Flebotomíneos do Brasil , Editora Fiocruz, 2003

References

  1. ↑ "Ralph Lainson". The World Academy of Science - Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Looi, Mun-Keat (31 May 2011). "Beautiful creatures: Ralph Lainson and his parasites". Wellcome Trust. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "List of past medal holders". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Whitworth, Jimmy (17 May 2015). "Ralph Lainson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  • Jenny Bailey (17 January 2012). "Neglected tropical diseases: The Wellcome connection". Welcome Trust.
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