John Herbert Humphrey

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John Herbert Humphrey

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Death: December 25, 1987 (72)
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Husband of Janet Humphrey
Father of Private

Managed by: Carlos F. Bunge
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About John Herbert Humphrey

John Herbert Humphrey CBE FRS FRCP (16 December 1915 – 25 December 1987) was a British bacteriologist and immunologist.

Educated at Winchester School, and Trinity College, Cambridge. There he met his wife Janet, the daughter of Nobel-prize winning physiologist Archibald Hill. They had five children, including Nicholas Humphrey, and brought up Humphrey's nephew and niece after the death of Humphrey's brother.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1963.

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John Herbert Humphrey's Timeline

1915
December 16, 1915
1987
December 25, 1987
Age 72