John Vivian Dacie

Sir John Vivian Dacie, FRS (20 July 1912 – 12 February 2005) was a British haematologist.

Early life Dacie was born in Putney, London, England on 20 July 1912.

Dacie was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon.

He founded the Leukaemia Research Fund in 1960.

Dacie is credited with characterizing the relationship between paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and bone marrow failure syndromes like aplastic anemia. He was founder of the Leukaemia Research Unit at Hammersmith Hospital in 1969. He was the founding editor of the British Journal of Haematology.

He had a lifelong interest in lepidoptera. He was knighted in 1976 and retired in 1977.

Personal life Dacie married Margaret Thynne in 1938. They had two daughters and three sons. He died on 12 February 2005 at the age of 92.

Selected works Practical Haematology. Churchill, 1950; 10th edition (2006), (pbk.) Haemolytic Anemias. Churchill, 1954; 2nd edition, Part I (1960), Part II (1962); 3rd edition, 3 volumes (1988–1992)