Henry George Plimmer

Henry George Plimmer (29 January 1856/57 – 22 June 1918) was a British doctor and medical researcher known for his studies in cancer, comparative pathology, bacteriology and parasitology. He studied the histology of cancers, identifying inclusion bodies, and promoted the idea that cancer might have an infectious cause. His microbiological research includes work on diphtheria, trypanosomes and trench fever. He worked at the Cancer Hospital and St Mary's Hospital, London, directed the cancer laboratories of the Lister Institute (1902–15), and held the first chair in comparative pathology at Imperial College of Science and Technology (1915–18). He was an elected fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal Society, and was president of the Royal Microscopical Society (1911–12).

Early life and education Plimmer was born on 29 January of 1856 or 1857Sources differ as to the year: 1856 is given by obituaries in the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society