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Wilfred Payne

Born  1894
Died  1978

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English paediatric chemical pathologist, 1894-1978.

Biography of Wilfred Payne

Wilfrid Payne worked with Reginald Lightwood at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London. He was appointed biochemist to this institution in 1926. In 1959 he was a founding member of the Neonatal Society.

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