Frederick Twort
Born in
Camberley,
Surrey
Born on 22nd of October
1877
Died on 20th of March
1950
Born 1877. Died 1950 - English bacteriologist.
Studied medicine in London. Became Professor of Bacteriology in 1919. Discovered an agent known as the bacteriophage, a virus for attacking certain bacteria, formed the beginnings of molecular biology.
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