Sydney Selwyn (7 November 1934 – 8 November 1996) was a British physician, medical scientist, and professor. He was a medical microbiologist with an interest in bacteriology, authority on the history of medicine, avid collector, writer, lecturer, world traveller, and occasional radio and TV broadcaster.
Read more about Sydney Selwyn: Life, Writer, Design For A Banknote, Broadcasts, Last Years and Final Illness, Memorials, References
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