Frederick Twort
(1877-1950)
British microbiologist
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Frederick William Twort FRS (October 22, 1877 – March 20, 1950) was an English bacteriologist and was the original discoverer in 1915 of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria). He studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, London, was superintendent of the Brown Institute for Animals (a pathology research centre), and was a professor of bacteriology at the University of London. He researched into Johne's disease, a chronic intestinal infection of cattle, and also discovered that vitamin K is needed by growing leprosy bacteria.
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22 October 1877 Camberley, Surrey
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20 March 1950 (aged 72)
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