Philip Bruce White Explained

Philip Bruce White
Birth Date:	29 December 1891
Birth Place:	Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales^[1]
Death Place:	London, England

Philip Bruce White (29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949) was a British microbiologist.

In 1926, White published a schema for classifying salmonella bacteria based on serum.^{[2] [3]} This was later extended by the Danish microbiologist, the Kauffman–White classification.

White became a fellow of the Royal Society on 20 March 1941.

White was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, and died in London.

References

1. Philip Bruce White. Born 29th December 1891. Died 19th March 1949 . 10.1002/path.1700620327 . The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology . 1950 . 62 . 3 . 468–481 . 14784919 . Hartley . P. .
2. P. B. White: Further Studies of the Salmonella Group. Great Britain Medical Research Council 103, (Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 3–160, 1926.
3. F. Kauffmann: Das Fundament. Munksgaard, Kopenhagen, 1978.

Further reading

• Wilson Smith. 1950-11-30. Philip Bruce White, 1891–1949. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. en. 7. 19. 278–292. 10.1098/rsbm.1950.0018. 1479-571X. free. none.