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John Vivian Dacie
British haematologist (1912–2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1][2][3] His father was an accountant.[4]
Dacie was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon.[3][1] He studied medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1935 and qualifying in 1936.[3][1][4]
Career
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Dacie had house jobs at King's College Hospital, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London University, Hammersmith and a research post at Manchester Royal Infirmary. During World War II from 1943 to 1946, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, ending up a lieutenant colonel.[4] After the war he was a senior lecturer and, then, in 1956 professor at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School.[5]
He founded the Leukaemia Research Fund in 1960.[4] His main achievements concerned the Hemolytic anemias, a field in which he was a world leader.[2] He discovered and named Christmas disease, more commonly referred to as haemophilia B, a deficiency of coagulation Factor IX.[4][6]
Dacie is credited with characterizing the relationship between paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and bone marrow failure syndromes like aplastic anemia.[7] He was founder of the Leukaemia Research Unit at Hammersmith Hospital in 1969. He was the founding editor of the British Journal of Haematology.[4] He was president of the Royal College of Pathologists from 1973 to 1975 and the Royal Society of Medicine in 1977.[3][4]
He had a lifelong interest in lepidoptera. He was knighted in 1976 and retired in 1977.[2]
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Personal life
Dacie married Margaret Thynne in 1938.[4] They had two daughters and three sons.[2] He died on 12 February 2005 at the age of 92.[2][4]
Selected works
- Practical Haematology. Churchill, 1950; 10th edition (2006), LCCN 2005-53767 ISBN 0443066604 (pbk.)
- Haemolytic Anemias. Churchill, 1954; 2nd edition, Part I (1960), Part II (1962); 3rd edition, 3 volumes (1988–1992) LCCN 84-5849
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