Background
Andrewes, Christopher Howard was born on June 7, 1896 in London. Son of Frederick William and Phyllis Mary (Hamer) Andrewes.
Andrewes, Christopher Howard was born on June 7, 1896 in London. Son of Frederick William and Phyllis Mary (Hamer) Andrewes.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, University London, 1921. Doctor of Medicine, University London, 1923. Doctor of Laws, Aberdeen University, 1963.
He served in the Royal Navy as a surgeon during World War One. In 1927 he joined the scientific staff of the National Institute for Medical Research to assist Patrick Laidlaw in developing a vaccine against canine distemper. This led on to research on influenza and the discovery of the causative virus in 1933 and subsequent vaccine development.
He was head of NIMR"s Division of Bacteriology and Virus Research from 1939 to 1961, during which time he established the Common Cold Research Unit near Salisbury as an NIMR outpost in 1947, and the World Influenza Centre at Mill Hill in 1948, which spawned a worldwide network of collaborating centres.
Andrewes was Deputy Director of NIMR from 1952-1961 and retired in 1967.
With Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1918-1919. Fellow Royal Society, Royal Entomological Society. Member National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Philosophical Society (foreign), Society for General Microbiology (honorary, United Kingdom), Society Pathology.
Married Kathleen Helen Lamb, March 26, 1927. Children: John Frederick, Michael Robert, David Anthony.