Alan John Beale
| Alan John Beale | |
|---|---|
 At the Wellcome Trust in 1970 | |
| Born |
Alan John Beale 23 July 1923 Sussex |
| Died |
9 December 2005 (aged 82) Sissinghurst, Kent, England |
| Known for | Virologist Pioneering vaccine development |
| Spouse | Rosemary |
| Children | Nick, Liz |
Alan John Beale (23 July 1923 - 9 December 2005), more commonly known as John Beale, 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
- ↑ "Obituaries: John Beale", The Telegraph, 20 January 2006.
- ↑ "Isolation of Cytopathogenic Agents from the Respiratory Tract in Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis", BMJ, 8 February 1958.
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