Michael George Parke Stoker

Background

STOKER, Michael George Parke was born on July 4, 1918 in Taunton, Somerset. Son of Doctor S. P. Stoker and Mrs. D. (nbe Nazer) Stoker.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Cambridge University, 1942. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, Cambridge University, 1947.

Career

Lecturer in Pathology, University of Cambridge 1947-1958, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge 1948-1958. Professor, of Virology, University of Glasgow 1959-1968. Director Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, London 1968-1979.

Visiting Professor, University College, London 1968-1979. Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge 1978, President 1980-1987. Foreign Secretary, Vice President Royal Society 1976-1981.

General Committee Institute Council of Scientific Unions 82. Chairman Scientific Committee, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research since 1985.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor scientific papers.

Membership

Fellow: Royal Society. Member: Czech Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary), European Academy Arts and Sciences, European Molecular Biology Organization.

Connections

Married Veronica Mary English, September 5, 1942. Children: Christopher, Jennifer, Paul, Robin, Sally.

Father:

Stanley Parke Stoker

Mother:

Dorothy (Nazer) Stoker

Spouse:

Veronica Mary English

child:

Christopher Stoker

child:

Jennifer Stoker

child:

Paul Stoker

child:

Robin Stoker

child:

Sally Stoker