Alexander Thomas Glenny | |
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| Born | (1882-09-18)18 September 1882 |
| Died | 5 October 1965(1965-10-05) (aged 83) |
Alexander Thomas Glenny (18 September 1882 – 5 October 1965), was a Britishimmunologist known particularly for his work on the prevention ofdiphtheria.
Glenny was born inCamberwell, London, England, educated atAlleyn's School, Dulwich, and awarded a B.Sc. by theUniversity of London in 1905.[1]
In 1899 Glenny started working for theWellcome Physiological Research Laboratories, then in Central London, becoming head of the immunology department in 1906. He worked on immunizations and antitoxins against diseases, includingtetanus and diphtheria, and, later,chemical weapons.
Glenny's scientific work focused on the mechanisms ofantibody production and the prevention of diphtheria. In 1921 he and H. J. Südmersen discovered the primary and secondary immune response.[2] In the same paper they also briefly described the properties of diphtheriatoxoid, which had been discovered by Glenny in 1904, apparently by accident.[3][4] In 1925-6 he developedalum-precipitated diphtheria toxoid.[4] He was electedFellow of the Royal Society in 1944[3] and awarded theEdward Jenner Medal by theRoyal Society of Medicine in 1953.
Glenny died in 1965. He had married Emma Blanche Lillian Gibbs (born 1886) on 7 July 1910. They had three children, John (1913), Peter (1915), and Barbara (1918).
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