Awards & Winners

Michael A. Epstein

Date of Birth 18-May-1921
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Michael Anthony Epstein
Profession Scientist
Sir Michael Anthony Epstein CBE, FRS is one of the discoverers of the Epstein-Barr virus. Epstein was educated at St. Paul's School in London, Trinity College, Cambridge and Middlesex Hospital Medical School. Epstein was Professor of Pathology, 1968-85, and Head of Department, 1968-82 at the University of Bristol. In 1979 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and was its Vice-President from 1986 to 1991. He was awarded its Royal Medal in 1992. He was awarded the CBE in 1985 and knighted in 1991. Epstein was a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford from 1986 until 2001, and has been an Honorary Fellow since 2001. In 2006, Epstein was awarded a D.Sc. from Bristol. He is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association.

Awards by Michael A. Epstein

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1988


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(For the identification of the Epstein-Barr virus.)