Noble, William Charles

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NOBLE, William Charles

NOBLE, William Charles. British, b. 1935. Genres: Biology, Environmental sciences/Ecology, Medicine/Health, Biography. Career: Head, Dept. of Bacteriology, St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, London, since 1964. Professor of Microbiology, University of London, since 1980. Assistant Ed., British Journal of Dermatology, since 1972. Ed., Journal of Epidemiology and Infection (formerly Journal of Hygiene), 1980-95. Staff Member, Medical Research Council, Air Hygiene Unit, 1957-61; Boots Research Fellow, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1961-64; Consultant in Hospital Epidemiology, Leiden, Netherlands, 1970-80; Hon. Lecturer in Microbiology, Middx. Hospital Medical School, London, 1971- 82. Publications: Coli: Great Healer of Men, 1974; Microbiology of Human Skin, 1974, 1981; (with Jay Naidoo) Micro-organisms and Man, 1979; Prevent Infection, 1983; Microbial Skin Disease, Its Epidemiology, 1983; (ed.) The Skin MicroFlora and Microbial Skin disease, Cambridge University Press, 1992. Address: Dept. of Microbial Diseases, Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, England.

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