Morag Crichton Timbury

Morag Crichton Timbury ( McCulloch; 29 September 1930 – 28 April 2018) was a Scottish medical virologist, bacteriologist and science writer.

Early life and education Morag Crichton McCulloch was born on 29 September 1930. Her parents were Dr Esther Sinclair McCulloch (née Hood) and William McCulloch. She attended St Bride's High School in East Kilbride before studying medicine at University of Glasgow. She graduated from the university with a MB ChB in 1953 and MD in 1960, and received her PhD in 1976. She was a lecturer (1963–1965) and senior lecturer (1965–1976) in bacteriology at the University of Glasgow, and subsequently a Reader in virology (1976–78). She went on to become Professor of Bacteriology and William Teacher Lecturer (1978–88) at the university, and head of the Department of Bacteriology at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1988, Timbury was appointed director of the Central Public Health Laboratory of the Public Health Laboratory Service, and she held that position until 1995.

Selected works She has authored or co-authored many articles and books including the following: Notes on Medical Microbiology by Morag C. Timbury, A. Christine McCartney, Bishan Thakker, and Katherine N. Ward (authors); August 2002 Medical Virology, February 1991 Notes on Medical Bacteriology (co-author: J. Douglas Sleigh) January 1981 January 1986 Essentials of Immunology and Microbiology (co-author: Robert G. White) January 1973 (/)

Awards and honours Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1974

Personal life She was married to Professor Gerald Charles Timbury (d.1985), Dean of post-graduate medicine at the University of Glasgow, consultant psychiatrist, and Physician Superintendent at Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow from 1965 to 1980. Together they had one daughter,