Guilford Bevil Reed

Guilford Bevil Reed (November 27 1887 – 1955) was a Canadian medical researcher who research involved diseases such as tuberculosis, gas gangrene and tetanus and rinderpest.

Born in Port George, Nova Scotia, he received a B.Sc. in 1912, M.A. in 1913 and Ph. D. in 1915 from Harvard University. From 1915 to 1954, he taught at Queen's University.

In 1932, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was its president from 1952 to 1953. In 1947, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal.

In 1942, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

References

* [http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/cataraqui/reed.html Queen's University biography]