Percy Cyril Claude Garnham CMG FRS, was a British biologist and parasitologist.
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Cyril Garnham was educated at Paradise School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and graduated in medicine in 1925.
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Cyril Garnham's career started in 1925 as a member of the British Colonial Medical Service in Kenya.
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Cyril Garnham became the Malaria Research Officer and then Director of the new Division of Insect Borne Diseases in Nairobi.
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Cyril Garnham supervised many doctoral students who came from many different countries.
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Cyril Garnham's book Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia was an up-to-date account of malaria parasites and their relatives from humans, animals and birds, focusing on their morphology.
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Cyril Garnham officially retired in 1968 but continued to work for 12 years as a senior research fellow at Imperial College based at Silwood Park.
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Cyril Garnham was the author or co-author of over 400 books, scientific papers and reports.
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In March 1964 Cyril Garnham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Cyril Garnham was made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George.
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In 1965, Cyril Garnham was awarded the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's Manson Medal, named in honour of Sir Patrick Manson.
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Cyril Garnham was a keen pianist, including having a baby grand piano while he was in Kenya.
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Cyril Garnham's papers are held in the archives of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.