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{{short description|British zoologist}} | {{short description|British zoologist}} | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
In 1897, he took part in an Amazonian expedition and in 1898 went to Italy as part of the Malaria Commission, followed by a trip to Africa to study [[malaria]]. In 1901, the Malaria Commission moved to India.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MS11N01P055.pdf|title= Mosquito Systematics|access-date= 18 January 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110302090124/http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MS11N01P055.pdf|archive-date= 2 March | In 1897, he took part in an Amazonian expedition and in 1898 went to Italy as part of the Malaria Commission, followed by a trip to Africa to study [[malaria]]. In 1901, the Malaria Commission moved to India.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MS11N01P055.pdf|title= Mosquito Systematics|access-date= 18 January 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110302090124/http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MS11N01P055.pdf|archive-date= 2 March 2011}}</ref> | ||
On his return to England in 1902, he became a Lieutenant in the [[Indian Medical Service]], moving back to India in 1904. In 1910 he was appointed the first Director of the Central Malaria Bureau, coordinating anti-malarial training and research throughout India. He spent World War I on anti-malaria duties in Iraq and in 1919 returned again to India as Director of the Central Research Institute at Kasauli in the foothills of the Himalayas. | On his return to England in 1902, he became a Lieutenant in the [[Indian Medical Service]], moving back to India in 1904. In 1910 he was appointed the first Director of the Central Malaria Bureau, coordinating anti-malarial training and research throughout India. He spent World War I on anti-malaria duties in Iraq and in 1919 returned again to India as Director of the Central Research Institute at Kasauli in the foothills of the Himalayas. | ||
Christophers was also an honorary physician to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] from 1927 to 1930. He was awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] in 1915, [[Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1918 and knighted in 1931. He retired from the [[Indian Medical Service]] 27 November 1930 a Brevet Colonel.<ref>Supplement to the January 1939 Indian Army List</ref> On his retirement in 1932–38, he joined the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] where he became Professor of Malaria Studies in the [[University of London]] and Leverhulme Fellow of the Medical Research Council in charge of the Malaria unit at the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|LSHTM]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=LSHTM Memoir II History of the School of Tropical Medicine in London 1899-1949|last=Manson-Bahr|first=Philip|publisher=H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd.|year=1956|location=London|pages=202}}</ref> In 1944 Christophers was awarded the [[Manson Medal]] by the [[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]] for his significant contribution to the fields of tropical medicine and hygiene.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of past medal holders|url=http://www.rstmh.org/awards/medals/list-past-medal-holders#Manson|publisher=Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910123308/http://www.rstmh.org/awards/medals/list-past-medal-holders#Manson|archive-date=10 September | Christophers was also an honorary physician to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] from 1927 to 1930. He was awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] in 1915, [[Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1918 and knighted in 1931. He retired from the [[Indian Medical Service]] 27 November 1930 a Brevet Colonel.<ref>Supplement to the January 1939 Indian Army List</ref> On his retirement in 1932–38, he joined the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] where he became Professor of Malaria Studies in the [[University of London]] and Leverhulme Fellow of the Medical Research Council in charge of the Malaria unit at the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|LSHTM]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=LSHTM Memoir II History of the School of Tropical Medicine in London 1899-1949|last=Manson-Bahr|first=Philip|publisher=H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd.|year=1956|location=London|pages=202}}</ref> In 1944 Christophers was awarded the [[Manson Medal]] by the [[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]] for his significant contribution to the fields of tropical medicine and hygiene.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of past medal holders|url=http://www.rstmh.org/awards/medals/list-past-medal-holders#Manson|publisher=Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910123308/http://www.rstmh.org/awards/medals/list-past-medal-holders#Manson|archive-date=10 September 2011}}</ref> | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in May 1926.<ref name="frs"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27christophers%27%29|title= Library and Archive Catalogue|publisher= Royal Society|access-date= 22 December | He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in May 1926.<ref name="frs"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27christophers%27%29|title= Library and Archive Catalogue|publisher= Royal Society|access-date= 22 December 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was the sixteenth president of the [[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]] from 1939 to 1943. | ||
An expert on tropical medicines, Christophers studied many diseases, particularly malaria. His work on the research of this disease won him the Royal Society's 1952 [[Buchanan Medal]] for "outstanding research" on the Anopheles mosquito that transmitted malaria. In his career he also contributed to the [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of other [[parasitism|parasites]]. | An expert on tropical medicines, Christophers studied many diseases, particularly malaria. His work on the research of this disease won him the Royal Society's 1952 [[Buchanan Medal]] for "outstanding research" on the Anopheles mosquito that transmitted malaria. In his career he also contributed to the [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of other [[parasitism|parasites]]. | ||