Nevin Hughes-Jones

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Nevin Hughes-Jones

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Nevin Campbell Hughes-Jones

(1923-02-10) 10 February 1923 (age 100)
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Haematologist

Nevin Campbell Hughes-Jones FRCP, FRS (born 10 February 1923) is a British haematologist, and a Life Fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge. [1] [2]

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Between 1952 and 1988 Hughes-Jones worked for the Medical Research Council's Experimental Haematology unit at St Mary's Hospital Medical School and for the Molecular Immunopathology Unit at Cambridge. [3]

Following formal retirement, he continued to research on Rhesus antigens and their antibodies, at Cambridge. [3]

He has also written on matters related to international relations and peace. [4]

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References

  1. "Fellows and Senior Members". Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  2. Who's who of British Scientists. Longman. 1971. p. 430. ISBN   9780582114647 . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Doris Zallen; Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004). The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN   978-0-85484-099-1. OL   11612221M. Wikidata   Q29581687.
  4. Jones, Nevin C. Hughes (22 October 2007). "Security through Co-operation". Medicine and War. 6 (3): 191–194. doi:10.1080/07488009008408930. PMID   2233515.