Professor Sir Ian McGregor | |
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Born | Ian Alexander McGregor 26 August 1922 |
Died | 1 February 2007 | (aged 84)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Education | Rutherglen Academy |
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Sir Ian Alexander McGregor, CBE FRS FRSE FRCP (26 August 1922 – 1 February 2007) was a Scottish malariologist.
McGregor was born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [1] His father was a tailor, his mother a housewife. [2]
He was educated at Rutherglen Academy, then studied medicine at St Mungo's College and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. [2]
He became interested in and studied malaria while undertaking National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Palestine, [3] undergoing training in malariology at the Middle East School of Hygiene at Dimra. [2]
In 1949, he was sent to The Gambia as a member of the Medical Research Council's Human Nutrition Research Unit, [3] and was appointed Director of the MRC's Gambian Field Station at Fajara in 1954. [3]
In 1980, he returned to the United Kingdom, as visiting professor at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. [3]
He was awarded the Darling Foundation Medal in 1974, [1] elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1981 [4] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1959 New Year Honours; [5] a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1968 Birthday Honours; [6] and a Knight Bachelor in the 1982 Birthday Honours, "for services to Tropical Medicine". [7]
He served on several World Health Organization committees on malaria. [2]
He died at Homington, Wiltshire [1] in 2007. [2]