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Early Life. Allan Victor Hoffbrand ( MA,DM, FRCP, FRCPEdin,FRCPath, DSC,FMedSci, born 14 October1935) won an Open Scholarship from Bradford Grammar School in 1953 to The Queen's College, Oxford.He trained in clinical medicine from 1957-1959 at The London Hospital, qualifying in 1959. Career in Haematology He trained in Haematology and performed research at the Postgraduate Medical School between 1962-1974. His research concerned folate and vitamin B12. He established the first assay of red cell folate and his work led to the understanding of the DNA defect in megaloblastic anaemia. In 1974 he was appointed Professor of Haematology at the Royal Free Medical School and Honorary Consultant Haematologist at the Royal Free Hospital.Subsequent research concerned biochemical, biological and molecular aspects of leukaemia.He also pioneered the use of the iron chelating drugs desferrioxamine and deferiprone. Publications As well as many original research publications, he has authored both undergraduate and postgraduate textbooks. These include Essential Haematology (6th Edition,2011), Clinical Atlas of Haematology (4th edition,2009), Haematology At A Glance (4th edition 2013). He also edits the standard British textbook, Postgraduate Haematology (7th edition 2015). Appointments He has served as President of the British Society for Haematology, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Haematology, on many other editorial boards, Chairman of the Intercollegiate Committee for Oncology,founding Councillor of the European Haematology Association, member of the MRC Systems Board.He has lectured widely internationally, serving as Visiting Professor in Melbourne, Toronto , Chandigar and South Africa. He has advised the Governments of Hong Kong, Kuwait, Pakistan and Cyprus on their Haematology services and training. He was a member of the DHS COMA Committee concerned with fortification of the British diet with folic acid. During 2012-2013 he was a Fellow Commoner at The Queen's College, Oxford and in 2012 was awarded an Honorary DSc by Queen Mary, London. Personal lIfe He married Jill Mellows in 1963.They have three children, Caroline (a General Practitioner), Philip and David.He has collected a large number of 17th and 18th century English Delftware Apothecary Jars, displayed at the Royal College of Physicians.