Background
Peters, Wallace was born on April 1, 1924 in London. Son of Henry and Fanny Peters.
Peters, Wallace was born on April 1, 1924 in London. Son of Henry and Fanny Peters.
Bachelor of Medicine, BCh, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, 1966. Doctor of Science, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, 1976.
Docteur (honorary), University Renee Descartes, Paris, 1992.
Professor, of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 1966-1979, Dean 1975-1978. Professor, of Medical Protozoology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1979-1989. Honorary Consultant in Parasitology, Camden Area Health Authority 1978-1989, on malariology, to Army 1986-1989.
Jt. Director Public Health Laboratory Service Malaria Reference Centre 1979-1989. President Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1987-1988 (Vice-President 1982-1983, 1985-1987).
(Provisional Checklist of the Butterflies of the Ethiopian...)
Expert Advisory Panel on Malaria of WHO since 1967.
Photography, entomology, writing.
Married Ruth Scheidegger-Frehner in 1954.