Charles du Vé Florey
Charles du Vé Florey (born 1934) is a British public health physician and epidemiologist who is known for his work on the effects of air pollution on respiratory health.
Background[]
Florey is the son of Ethel Reed (née du Vé) and Howard Florey who was appointed a life peer—Baron Florey—for his role in the development of penicillin. He derives the title The Honourable from his father.[1] Florey married Susan Hopkins with whom he had two children.
Florey was educated at Rugby School and then went up to Cambridge University from where he graduated in 1956 with a BA. He proceeded to University College London where he was awarded a MB, BCh in 1961. He then went to Yale University and obtained a MPH in 1963.
Career[]
- Reader in Community Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London
- Professor of Public Health Medicine (formerly Community Medicine), University of Dundee
Awards and Positions[]
1994 - Chair, Society for Social Medicine[2]
Key Publications[]
Charles du V Florey, Peter Burney D’Souza, Ellie Scrivens and Peter West. An Introduction to Community Medicine. London: Heinneman, 1983.
Charles du V Florey and Stephen Leeder. Methods for Cohort Studies of Chronic Airflow Limitation. WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1982.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Charles du Ve Florey". Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "SocSocMed Past committees". Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "WorldCat Identities". Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- 1939 births
- People educated at Rugby School
- British public health doctors
- People associated with St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
- Living people
- Sons of life peers