Walter Morley Fletcher
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Sir Walter Morley Fletcher, KBE
FRS
(1873-1933) was a British physiologist and administrator. Fletcher graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge
and was most significant in his administration of the Medical Research Council (MRC)
during the interwar years. Under his guidance, the MRC focussed its funding on basic scientific research at the expense of clinical research but he made Britain a leader in biomedical research in the period.
Order of the British Empire
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FRS
Royal Society
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(1873-1933) was a British physiologist and administrator. Fletcher graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
and was most significant in his administration of the Medical Research Council (MRC)
Medical Research Council (UK)
The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded agency responsible for co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is one of seven Research Councils in the UK and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
during the interwar years. Under his guidance, the MRC focussed its funding on basic scientific research at the expense of clinical research but he made Britain a leader in biomedical research in the period.