OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate. Born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His pioneering wartime research on tissue grafting won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1960. Not a fan of psychoanalysis - in 1975 he called it "the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the 20th century". His autobiography is titled: Memoir of a Thinking Radish (1986). Died London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Peter Medawar
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Sir Peter Medawar plaque
Sir Peter Medawar, 1915 - 1987, pioneer of transplantation immunology, lived ...
Sir Peter Medawar tree
The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree ...
Other Subjects
St George's Hospital
Set up when the entire medical staff of the Westminster Hospital resigned in a dispute concerning the new location for that hospital. St George's was established in Knightsbridge for the country ai...
Medical Society of London
Founded by Dr Lettsom. Originally based in the City, the Medical Society moved to its present house, Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street, in 1873.
Dr William Henry Walter
Medical doctor and member of Brentford Council in 1909.
Annette Mendelsohn
Child & adolescent psychotherapist. Born in London to a Belgian Jewish refugee mother. First a teacher to people with learning difficulties, then a dancer, then a career in psychotherapy. Mar...
George Nissel
Born Transylvania, studied engineering. His sister Dorothy married Dallos and in May 1937 they all came to London. As an enemy alien was not allowed to fight in WW2 but after the war he gained Brit...