John Frederick Adrian Sprent 1915–2010

Professor John Sprent CBE FAA was a renowned parasitologist and veterinary scientist whose work elucidated the pathology, taxonomy, life cycles, zoogeography and evolution of parasites.
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John Frederick Adrian Sprent was the outstanding figure in Parasitology in Australia in the twentieth century. He established and held the Chair of the Department of Parasitology at the University of Queensland from 1956 to 1983. He was internationally recognized by parasitologists, both for his work on ascaridoid nematodes and for his huge contribution as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Parasitology from 1974 to 1993.

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This memoir was originally published in Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 24(2), 2013. It was written by Chris Bryant, Ian Beveridge, Malcolm Jones and Hugh I. Jones.

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Professor John Sprent (1915-2010), parasitologist

Professor John Sprent was born in 1915, in Mill Hill, England. He received an MRCVS diploma from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 1939. In 1942 he was awarded a BSc in zoology with first class honours from the University of London. After receiving his degree, Sprent went to work at the Vom Veterinary Station in Nigeria. His work there, on Bunostomum phlebotomum (hookworms) in cattle, resulted in a PhD (1945) from the University of London, where he also received a DSc in 1953.
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