was announced he was to be made a Knight Bachelor 'for services in the development of the sulphonamide group of drugs'. On 13 February 1945, he was knighted at Buckingham Palace by King George VI. In 1938, he was awarded the John Hunter triennial medal and prize by the Royal College of Surgeons for his work in the development of the clinical use of sulphapyridine. In July 1945, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Medicine in recognition of his work on wound shock and blood transfusions. The President of the RSM, Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor, jokingly described Whitby as 'the greatest vampire the world has known'. References 1895 births 1956 deaths British haematologists Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Masters of Downing College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War I Regius Professors of Physic (Cambridge) People from Yeovil Royal Fusiliers soldiers Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment officers Recipients of the Military Cross Machine Gun Corps officers Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge Knights Bachelor Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Royal Army Medical Corps officers British Army brigadiers of World War II British amputees Military personnel from Somerset