{"id":12125,"date":"2022-02-17T20:39:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2022-02-17T20:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:39:59","slug":"rh-negative-history-a-e-mourant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-history-a-e-mourant\/","title":{"rendered":"Rh Negative History: A.E. Mourant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Rh Negative History: A.E. Mourant\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/678px-Arthur_Mourant_1954.jpg?resize=640%2C848&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/678px-Arthur_Mourant_1954.jpg?w=678&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/678px-Arthur_Mourant_1954.jpg?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption> Arthur Mourant in 1954<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arthur Ernest Mourant<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;(11 April 1904 \u2013 29 August 1994) was a British&nbsp;chemist,&nbsp;hematologist&nbsp;and&nbsp;geneticist&nbsp;who pioneered research into biological anthropology and its distribution, genetics, clinical and laboratory medicine, and geology.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pioneered a study of hematology of the worldwide distribution of blood groups. This work help build the genetic map of the world by studying and classifying blood groups across many populations and ethnic groups. His book,&nbsp;<em>The Distribution of the Human Blood Groups<\/em>, definitively drew together current knowledge on&nbsp;blood groups&nbsp;and their distribution. It launched&nbsp;anthropology&nbsp;on a new scientific basis as it described the&nbsp;genetic&nbsp;evidence for biological relationships, and allowed theories of population genetics to be developed and examined. This had far-reaching effects on medicine, research into genetic diseases,&nbsp;blood transfusion, and public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mourant also studied the new&nbsp;blood group antigens&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Lewis, Henshaw,&nbsp;Kell, and&nbsp;Rhesus&nbsp;systems,&nbsp;biological polymorphisms, and animal&nbsp;serological&nbsp;characteristics for fish stocks and cattle breeds.<br><br><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Rh Negative History: A.E. 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Mourant\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>Arthur Ernest Mourant&nbsp;&nbsp;(11 April 1904 \u2013 29 August 1994) was a British&nbsp;chemist,&nbsp;hematologist&nbsp;and&nbsp;geneticist&nbsp;who pioneered research into biological anthropology and its distribution, genetics, clinical and laboratory medicine, and geology. He pioneered a study of hematology of the worldwide distribution of blood groups. This work help build the genetic map of the world by studying and classifying blood groups across many populations and ethnic groups. His book,&nbsp;The Distribution of the Human Blood Groups, definitively drew together current knowledge on&nbsp;blood groups&nbsp;and their distribution. It launched&nbsp;anthropology&nbsp;on a new scientific basis as it described the&nbsp;genetic&nbsp;evidence for biological relationships, and allowed theories of population genetics to be developed and examined. This had far-reaching effects on medicine, research into genetic diseases,&nbsp;blood transfusion, and public health. 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