Lawrence Paul Garrod Explained

Lawrence Paul Garrod (1 December 1895 - 11 September 1979), was a British bacteriologist who studied uses of penicillin. In 1929, he was a reader in the University of London and became professor of bacteriology in 1934, a post that he held until his retirement in 1961. He was a member of committees of the Department of Health, the Medical Research Council and World Health Organization.^{[1] [2]}

The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy awards the Garrod Lecture and Medal in his name.^[3]

Notes and References

1. E. P. ABRAHAM, Ernst Chain and Paul Garrod, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 6, Issue 4, July 1980, Pages 423–424
2. Web site: Lawrence Paul Garrod RCP Museum. 9 September 2020. history.rcplondon.ac.uk.
3. Web site: 2021. Garrod Lecture & Medal. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211102031240/https://bsac.org.uk/what-we-do/garrod-lecture-medal/. 2 November 2021. 2 November 2021. The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. en.