David Tyrrell
1925
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2005
country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Sheffield
occupation: physician, virologist
award received: Leeuwenhoek Lecture, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
David Arthur John Tyrrell (19 June 1925 – 2 May 2005) was a British virologist who was the director of the Common Cold Unit, which investigated viruses that caused common colds. He discovered the first human coronavirus (designated B814) in 1965. With June Almeida he made the first comparative study of human and chicken coronaviruses in 1967, and invented the name coronavirus in 1968. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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