Facts: - known for: haematology , science , biography - name: robert gwyn macfarlane - image size: 150px - nationality: british - image: robert_g . macfarlane_jpeg . jpg - alma mater: university of london Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert gwyn macfarlane .
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robert gwyn macfarlane , cbe .frs .hematologist , -lrb- born 26 june 1907 died 26 march 1987 -rrb- .born in worthing , sussex , gwyn macfarlane left cheltenham college in 1924 and a year later entered the medical school of st bartholomew 's hospital , london .in 1936 he married hilary carson md and over the next 11 years , had five children , a girl followed by four boys .hilary , practised as a gp , whilst always offering gwyn great academic support .she died in 2010 aged 100 years .during macfarlane 's clinical years he was exposed to the sufferings of haemophiliacs and this subject became the core for his lifelong study into the processes of blood clotting .he examined the venom of many different snakes and isolated the poison of the russell 's viper to have the strongest blood coagulant powers , see video .he found that when a compound that included venom at dilutions of 1 in 100,000 was applied to a wound , bleeding diminished .this medicine was later marketed as '' stypven '' by burroughs welcome ltd. .'' stypven time '' is now a standard measure for coagulation efficiency .this research was the basis for his london m.d. thesis for which he was awarded the university gold medal , in 1938 .in 1940 macfarlane took the position of clinical pathologist at the radcliffe hospital in oxford .with a year as a major in the royal army medical corps in 1944 , where he was exposed to the complications of gas gangrene on the war front , he continued to work in oxford for the rest of his professional life .he led a team that included rosemary biggs and ethel bidwell , to investigate congenital coagulation defects , the treatment of bleeding disorders and to develop a managed environment for haemophiliacs to enjoy an almost normal life .perhaps his greatest contribution to modern medicine was his deciphering of the enzyme cascade process of blood coagulation .in 1956 he was elected to the fellowship of the royal society , in 1963 he was elected a fellow of all souls college and in 1965 was appointed...