Wallace Peters Explained

Wallace Peters (April 1, 1924 – December 2018^[1]) was a British entomologist and parasitologist. He is noted for his work on malaria and won the Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal for outstanding work in the field of malariology in 1994.^[2] He also won Germany's Rudolf Leuckart Medal in 1980^[3] and Saudi Arabia's King Faisal International Prize for Medicine in 1983. In 2004 he was awarded the Manson Medal.^[4]

Among his doctoral students was Wendy Gibson.^[5]

External links

• Author site

Notes and References

1. https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/in-memoriam-lstm-dean-professor-wallace-peters-1924-2018 In Memoriam: LSTM Dean Professor Wallace Peters (1924 - 2018)
2. http://www.astmh.org/Joseph_Augustin_LePrince_Medal.htm American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene site
3. http://www.dgparasitologie.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=58 Deutschen Gesellschaft für Parasitologie site
4. https://rstmh.org/awards/previous-medal-winners Previous medal winners. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
5. Book: 50 Years of the Wellcome Trust 1936–1986 . 1987 . The Wellcome Trust . 978-1869835019 . 139.