William Cramer (pathologist)
William Cramer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 June 1878 |
| Died | 10 August 1945 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
| Known for | Pathologist at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pathologist |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh Imperial Cancer Research Fund Washington University |
Dr William Cramer FRSE (2 June 1878 – 10 August 1945) was a German-born British pathologist and physiologist, best known for his work with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
Biography
William Cramer was born in Germany on 2 June 1878.[1] He received his first tertiary education at the University of Munich,[2] and received his Ph.D. at the University of Berlin in 1901.[2] He achieved his D.Sc. at the University of Edinburgh in 1908,[2] during which time he had worked under Swale Vincent.[3] Cramer took the English Conjoint qualification after nine years as a chemical physiology lecturer at Edinburgh.[2] He had worked briefly for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in 1904;[1] he rejoined the organisation in 1914.[2]
In 1907 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Francis H A Marshall, Alexander Crum Brown and James Cossar Ewart.[4]
Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Cramer became a naturalised British citizen. He was elected a Foreign Member of the German Society for the Investigation of Cancer.[2] In 1933, he was an official British delegate at the International Cancer Congress in Madrid,[2] and again in 1934 at the International Cancer Research conference in Paris.[2] In 1939, after 25 years with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Cramer relocated to St. Louis, Missouri,[2] where he was head pathologist at the Barnard Skin and Cancer Hospital,[2] and a research associate at Washington University.[2]
Throughout his career, Cramer authored numerous papers on cancer, physiology, and biochemistry.[2] His textbook, Practical Course in Chemical Physiology, had reached its fourth edition by 1920.[2] Cramer belonged to the Physiological Society, the Pathological Society, and the Biochemical Society.[2]
References
- ^ a b British physiologists 1885-1914: a biographical dictionary, Manchester University Press ND, 1991, p394-5
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "William Cramer, D.Sc., Ph.D., M.R.C.S.," The British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4417 (Sep. 1, 1945), p. 304
- ^ C. Lovatt Evans (1934) "T. Swale Vincent, M.D., D.Sc., Ll.D. Formerly Professor Of Physiology, University Of London," The British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3810 (Jan. 13, 1934), pp. 83-84
- ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf