| Summary: | Papers of Professor W E Kershaw, comprising: Research papers 1945-1976; Publications 1946-1967; Lecture notes 1956-1962, n.d.; Other papers 1947-1975; Eulogy delivered at Prof Kershaw's funeral 1998. The papers particularly reflect Professor Kershaw's research interests in Filariasis (a group of tropical diseases in which Filariae are found in the blood), Simulium (and the effects of insecticides on), Onchocerciasis (a blinding filarial disease), and Helminthiasis |
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| Date: | 1945-1976 (1988), (1998) |
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| Reference Number: | D786 |
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| Accruals: | D786/5, the text of the eulogy which Professor David M. Storey (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford) delivered at Professor Kershaw's funeral, was made available by Professor Storey in August 1999. D786/2/1a was later made available by Dr. Crewe. |
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| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Professor W E Kershaw CMG VRD MD DSc (1911-1998), Lecturer in Medical Parasitology 1945-1957, Leverhulme Senior Lecturer in Medical Parasitology 1957-1958, Walter Myers and Everett Dutton Professor of Parasitology and Entomology 1958-1966. In 1966 Professor kershaw left the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to become first holder of the Chair of Biology, University of Salford; he retired in 1976. |
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