Frederick Stratton (8 October 1913 – 2 April 2001) was an English haematologist and an internationally recognized expert in blood transfusion.[1] [2] [3] He is known for discovering one of the Rh allelomorphs.[4]
Stratton was born in Levenshulme, Manchester, England. After education at the Central Manchester Grammar School, he matriculated in 1931 at the University of Manchester, graduating in 1934 with BSc.[3] He then studied medicine at the medical school of the University of Manchester, qualifying there MB ChB Manchester in 1937. After a brief time as a general practitioner, he joined in 1940 the Manchester Blood Depot as a medical officer and was soon appointed deputy to the director, John Frederick Wilkinson (1897–1998).[1] In 1946 Stratton was appointed regional blood transfusion officer. He was the director of the Manchester Blood Centre from 1949 to 1980.[2] With his deputy directory, Peter H. Renton, he wrote the important book Practical Blood Grouping (Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publishing, 1958).[1] [5]
Stratton received his DPH in 1939, his research MD degree in 1944, and his DSc in 1957.[1]
In 1947 he married Louisa A. Pineger in Ashton-under-Lyne. They had two sons.[1]