Reginald Arthur Shooter Explained

R. A. Shooter
Birth Name:	Reginald Arthur Shooter
Birth Date:	4 April 1916
Birth Place:	Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Children:	Adrian Shooter

Reginald Arthur Shooter (4 April 1916 – 24 December 2013^[1]) was a British microbiologist.^[2] He led the enquiry into the 1978 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom^[3] and was appointed a CBE in the 1980 Birthday Honours. He retired in 1981.^[4]

Reginald Shooter's oldest child, and only son, was Adrian Shooter, the railway manager best known for leading Chiltern Railways after the privatisation of British Rail and for forming the Vivarail engineering company.^[5]

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1. News: R.A Shooter Obituary. https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205242/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=168830081. 2014-01-04. The Times. Obituary. 2013-12-31. dead.
2. Web site: Shooter, Prof. Reginald Arthur. Who's Who. 2013. A & C Black. online. Oxford University Press. 24 February 2013.
3. Report of the investigation into the cause of the 1978 Birmingham smallpox occurrence. Shooter. R.A.. 22 July 1980. Return to an Order of the Honourable House of Commons. London. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. My colleagues and I are grateful to Professor Shooter and the members of his group ….
4. 10.1007/BF01640773 . 10 . 3. Reginald A. Shooter Retires . Infection . 184. 1982. 46980381 .
5. Web site: Shooter, Reginald Arthur (1916 - 2013). RCS: E004894. Plarr's Lives of the Fellows. Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2014-06-18. 2022-12-15.