John Beale
At the Wellcome Trust in 1970
Born
Alan John Beale

(1923-07-23)23 July 1923
Sussex
Died9 December 2005(2005-12-09) (aged 82)
Sissinghurst, Kent,
England
Known forVirologist Pioneering vaccine development
SpouseRosemary
ChildrenNick, Liz

Alan John Beale (23 July 1923 - 9 December 2005) was a leading expert on vaccines and viruses. While working for Glaxo, he was responsible for starting the industrial scale production of Jonas Salk's vaccine against polio.[1]

History

1958: Headed a team that isolated some of the viruses that cause croup while working in The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Obituaries: John Beale", The Telegraph, 20 January 2006.
  2. ↑ Beale, AJ; McLEOD, DL; Stackiw, W; Rhodes, AJ (1958). "Isolation of cytopathogenic agents from the respiratory tract in acute laryngotracheobronchitis". Br Med J. 1 (5066): 302–3. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5066.302. PMC 2027557. PMID 13499934.


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