William Fleming Hoggan Jarrett

William Fleming Hoggan Jarrett (1928–2011) was a British pathologist.

Life

He was born on 2 January 1928 in Glasgow. He studied at Lenzie Academy, Glasgow, and Glasgow Veterinary College.[1]

He taught at the University of Glasgow. In 1964, he discovered the retrovirus that causes leukemia and lymphoma in cats.[2]

He was made a Fellow the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1965, and the Royal Society in 1980.[1]

He died on 27 August 2011.[1]

Family

On 27 December 1952, he married Anna Fraser Sharp; they had two daughters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Edward Boden (Jan 2015). "Jarrett, William Fleming Hoggan (1928–2011)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/104140. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "William Jarrett obituary". The Guardian. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


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