Sir John Dacie, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FRS (1912-2005)

Sir John Dacie would be accepted by most of us as the father of modern hematology in the UK, and many would argue that this could be extended to other countries because so many people of other nationalities were trained in his laboratory in London. In his specialty of hemolytic anemia, he dominated the field, and his book (5 volumes) set the standard for investigators in this area. Luckily, he lived for 92 years (1912-2005) and kept a sharp mind up to his death, continuing to contribute to the medical literature into his 80s.