Donald Knowles Briggs

Background

Briggs, Donald Knowles was born on April 10, 1924 in Northampton, England. Son of James Parker and Esther Mary (Reid) Briggs. came to the United States, 1953.

Education

Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1946. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1948. Bachelor of Medicine BChir, Cambridge University, 1947.

Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1955.

Career

Registrar, London U. King's College Hospital, 1949-1950; senior resident, American Hospital, Paris, 1951-1953; principal investigator, United States Public Health Service, 1956-1966; chief section hematology, director special hematology laboratory, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, 1967-1978; assistant professor clinical medicine, New York University, New York City, since 1956. Consultant physician James Lenox House, New York, since 1988.

Achievements

• Donald Knowles Briggs has been listed as a noteworthy Hematologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1947-1949. Fellow American College of Physicians, Royal Society Medicine. Member Listerian Society (life), St. George's Society (life).

Interests

• Avocation: bird watching.

Connections

Married June Nasseau, July 19, 1958. Children: Lincoln Wiliam, Claudia Louise.

Father:

James Parker Briggs

Mother:

Esther Mary (Reid) Briggs

Spouse:

June Nasseau

child:

Claudia Louise Briggs

child:

Lincoln Wiliam Briggs