Background
COOMBS, Robert Royston Amos was born on January 9, 1921. Son of Charles R. and Edris (nee Coombs) Amos.
COOMBS, Robert Royston Amos was born on January 9, 1921. Son of Charles R. and Edris (nee Coombs) Amos.
Diocesan College, Cape Town, South Africa, University of Edinburgh and Cambridge.
Assistant Director of Research, Department, of Pathology, University of Cambridge 1948, Reader in Immunology 1963-1966, Quick Professor, of Biology and Head, Immunology Division Department, of Pathology 1966-1988, Professor Emeritus since 1988. Fellow, Corpus Christi College Cambridge since 1962. Foreign correspondent Royal Academy, of Medicine of Belgium, Honorary Fellow, American College, of Allergists.
Four honorary degrees and other.
Married Anne M. Blomfield in 1952.