Glycobiology, 2003, Vol. 13, No. 9 21G-22G
© 2003 Oxford University Press
GLYCO-FORUM SECTION |
Letter to the Glyco-Forum
Walter Thomas James Morgan: 1900–2003
2 University of London, London WC1E 7HU, England
3 Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Walter Morgan was born in Ilford, London, on October 5, 1900, and died peacefully on the evening of February 10, 2003. Walter was an extraordinary person who made major contributions to the field of human blood groups and the chemistry of complex polysaccharide structures. He maintained an active research program until he was 89 years old and participated actively in scientific meetings until 1997. In 2000, when he was 100 years old, Walter attended the meeting of the International Society for Blood Transfusion to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the A, B, and O blood groups by Landsteiner. He remained mentally alert and interested in science until the very end. Perhaps the greatest gifts that Walter gave to the world of science were the high standards he applied to his research and the warmth and humanity that radiated from him towards everyone who came in contact with
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