John Beale (virologist)

Alan John Beale (23 July 1923 - 9 December 2005) was a leading expert on vaccines and viruses. While working for Glaxo, he was responsible for starting the industrial scale production of Jonas Salk's vaccine against polio.^[1]

John Beale
At the Wellcome Trust in 1970
Born	Alan John Beale (1923-07-23)23 July 1923 Sussex
Died	9 December 2005(2005-12-09) (aged 82) Sissinghurst, Kent, England
Known for	Virologist Pioneering vaccine development
Spouse	Rosemary
Children	Nick, Liz

History

In 1958, Beale headed a team that isolated some of the viruses that cause croup while working in The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.^[2]