About Fred Stratton
Lived 1913 – 2001 (aged 87). Fred Stratton was a physician.
Frederick Stratton (8 October 1913 – 2 April 2001) was an English haematologist and an internationally recognized expert in blood transfusion. He is known for discovering one of the Rh allelomorphs.
Stratton was born in Levenshulme, Manchester, England. After education at the Central Manchester Grammar School, he matriculated in 1931 at the University of Manchester, graduating in 1934 with BSc.
Stratton received his DPH in 1939, his research MD degree in 1944, and his DSc in 1957.
In 1947 he married Louisa A. Pineger in Ashton-under-Lyne. They had two sons.
Fred Stratton's papers are held at the University of Manchester Library (uncatalogued).
Awards and honours 1963 — FRCPath 1963 — Percy Oliver Memorial Award of the Royal College of Pathologists 1966 — FRCP 1978 — Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award of the American Association of Blood Banks 1987 — James Blundell Award of the British Blood Transfusion Society
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British haematologist (1913-2001)
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Fred Stratton was born on 8 October 1913.
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Fred Stratton died on 2 April 2001.
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Fred Stratton was a physician.
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