• DOI:10.1098/rsbm.1979.0004
Corpus ID: 1412298

John Alfred Valentine Butler, 14 February 1899 - 16 July 1977

@article{Mayneord1979JohnAV,
  title={John Alfred Valentine Butler, 14 February 1899 - 16 July 1977},
  author={W. V. Mayneord},
  journal={Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society},
  year={1979},
  pages={144 - 178}
}

W. V. Mayneord

Published 1979

Medicine

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

John Alfred Valentine Butler (always known to his friends and colleagues as J.A.V.) was born on 14 February 1899 at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. His father Alfred Butler (1860-1930) came from Sedgeberrow near Evesham and was employed by his own father until about 1904. He then set up as a farmer on his own account, first at Postlip near Winchcombe and later at Langley Farm nearer Winchcombe. J.A.V.’s mother (1861-1952), Mary Ann Powell, came from Hartlebury near Kidderminster. She was at one… CONTINUE READING

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