Walter Morley Fletcher
British physiologist and administrator
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Sir Walter Morley Fletcher, KBE, FRS [1] (21 July 1873 – 7 June 1933)[2] 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.[3] Under his guidance, the MRC focused its funding on basic scientific research at the expense of clinical research but he made Britain a leader in biomedical research in the period.
Born21 July 1873
Died7 June 1933 (aged 59)
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
KnownforMuscle physiology
Sir Walter Fletcher | |
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Walter Morley Fletcher (1873-1933) | |
| Born | 21 July 1873 |
| Died | 7 June 1933 (aged 59) |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Muscle physiology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiologist |
| Workplaces | Cambridge University |
Academic advisors | John Newport Langley |
Notable students | Archibald Hill |
He married Mary Frances Cropper, daughter of Charles James Cropper (son of James Cropper).
- Anne Cicely Fletcher (1909-1988) married Rev Alfred Stephan Hopkinson, Son of John Henry Hopkinson.[4][5]
- Dr Charles Montague Fletcher (1911–1995) married Hon. Louisa Mary Sylvia Seely, daughter of John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone.[6][7] They had three children:
- Susanna Mary Fletcher married Sir Nicholas Lyell Baron Lyell Of Markyate.
- Caroline Anne FLETCHER married Sir Christopher Clarke (judge).
He was a brother of English painter Frank Morley Fletcher.
