Sir James William Howie FRCP,

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(31 December 1907 – 17 March 1995) was a Scottish bacteriologist, Director of the

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, 1963–1973. In November 1966, he was installed as the President of the

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"HOWIE, Sir James (William)"
Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 Feb 2012 * 1907 births 1995 deaths Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists Knights Bachelor Scottish bacteriologists 20th-century surgeons {{Biologist-stub