William Whiteman Carlton Topley FRS (19 January 1886 – 21 January 1944) was a British bacteriologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1930. He gave the Goulstonian Lectures in 1919 and the Milroy Lectures in 1926. Awarded the Royal Medal in 1942. References External links http://mansfield.osu.edu/~sabedon/bgnws026.pdf 1886 births 1944 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Royal Medal winners