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Philip Bruce White

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Philip Bruce White
Born29 December 1891
Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales[1]
Died19 March 1949 (1949-03-20) (aged 57)
London, England

Philip Bruce White (29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949) was a British microbiologist.

In 1926, White published a schema for classifying salmonella bacteria based on serum.[2][3] This was later extended by the Danish microbiologist Fritz Kauffmann [de], the Kauffman–White classification.

White became a fellow of the Royal Society on 20 March 1941.

White was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, and died in London.

References

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  1. ^ Hartley, P. (1950). "Philip Bruce White. Born 29th December 1891. Died 19th March 1949". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 62 (3): 468–481. doi:10.1002/path.1700620327. PMID 14784919.
  2. ^ P. B. White: Further Studies of the Salmonella Group. Great Britain Medical Research Council 103, (Her Majesty's Stationery Office), 3–160, 1926.
  3. ^ F. Kauffmann: Das Fundament. Munksgaard, Kopenhagen, 1978.

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