Cyril Garnham

Percy Cyril Claude Garnham CMG FRS (15 January 1901 – 25 December 1994),[1] was a British biologist and parasitologist. On his 90th birthday, he was called the "greatest living parasitologist".[2]

Cyril Garnham
Born
Percy Cyril Claude Garnham

(1901-01-15)15 January 1901
London
Died25 December 1994(1994-12-25) (aged 93)
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt Bartholomew's Hospital, London
Known forMalaria
Spouse(s)Esther Long Price
ChildrenTwo sons and four daughters
AwardsManson Medal (1965)
Linnean Medal (1986)
Scientific career
FieldsMalarial parasitology
InstitutionsLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Early life and education

He was born in London, the son of Percy Claude Garnham (1875–1915), and Edith née Masham (1878–1951), an accomplished violinist. In World War I, his father served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and died at Gallipoli in 1915. He was educated at Paradise School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and graduated in medicine in 1925.[3]

Career

Garnham created the subgenus Vinckeia of Plasmodium to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting primates, i.e. Plasmodium species infecting mammals other than primates.

Awards and honours

In 1965, Garnham was awarded the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's Manson Medal, named in honour of Sir Patrick Manson. It is the RSTMH's highest honour and awarded triennially.[4]

Personal life

In 1924, he married Esther Long Price; they had two sons and four daughters.[2]

References
  1. "GARNHAM, Percy Cyril Claude (1901–1994)". AIM25. February 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. "OBITUARIES : Professor P. C. C. Garnham". The Independent. 12 January 1995. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. "Percy Cyril Claude Garnham". Royal College of Physicians of London. RCP. 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. "Manson Medal". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. RSTMH. 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
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