Frederick Twort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Twort

British microbiologist

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1877

Place of Birth: Camberley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1950

Profession: microbiologist, military physician, virologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Frederick William Twort FRS (22 October 1877 – 20 March 1950) was an English bacteriologist and was the original discoverer in 1915 of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).
He studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, London, was superintendent of the Brown Institute for Animals (a pathology research centre), and was a professor of bacteriology at the University of London.
He researched into Johne's disease, a chronic intestinal infection of cattle, and also discovered that vitamin K is needed by growing leprosy bacteria.