Background
Soothill, John Farrar was born on August 20, 1925 in London. Son of Victor Farrar and Kathleen Helena (Bradfield) Soothill.
Soothill, John Farrar was born on August 20, 1925 in London. Son of Victor Farrar and Kathleen Helena (Bradfield) Soothill.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Cambridge (England) University, 1949. Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1950.
House officer Guy's Hospital, London, 1949-1950. Registrar Lewisham General Hospital and Guy's Hospital, 1952-1955. Research fellow University Illinois Research and Educational Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, 1955-1956.
Lecturer, senior lecturer University Birmingham (England) Medical School, 1956-1965. Consultant United Birmingham Hospitals, 1956-1965. Senior lecturer, professor London University Institute Child Health, 1965-1985.
Consultant Hospital for Sick Children, London, 1965-1985. Member World Health Organization Working Parties on Immunology, 1967-1987.
Member Medical Research Council Working Party on Hypogamoglobulinaemia, 1957-1970. Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Germany, 1950-1952. Fellow Royal College Physicians England, Royal College Pathologists, Royal College Pediatrics and Child Health England (honorary).
Member Renal Association England (secretary 1966-1974), British Society Immunolgy (committee chairman 1980-1985), Royal Society Medicine (president immunology section 1990).
Married Brenda Thornton, May 7, 1951. Children: Mary Eileen, Peter William, Charles David, James Stephen.