Geoffrey Theodore Franglen (13 May 1925- 5 October 2004) was a British photographer and chemical pathologist at St George's Hospital, London.
Early life and education Geoffrey T. Franglen was born in 1925 in France. His childhood was spent in Crediton, Devon, where he attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School. In 1944 he joined the Royal Naval Reserve as midshipman.
Franglen attended the University of Exeter, where he studied graphic design, lithography and engraving. He later earned a doctorate, became a member of the Royal College of Pathologists and of the Royal Photographic Society.
Career Franglen was a co-founder and secretary of a group of contemporary photographers, who took part in a touring photography exhibition in the 1960s and early 1970s, called 'Modfot'.
By 1973 he had writtin on a formal statistical method used to determine if research results were genuine or due to chance. He later developed a controversial computer programme at St George's Hospital, that had discriminated against non-Caucasians and female candidates by deliberately reducing their likelihood of being offered an interview. It led to a formal inquiry and report.
Personal and family Franglen married Venetia, a physiologist at King's College, and after retirement moved to Hereford.
Death Franglen died on 5 October 2004 in Hereford.
Selected publications
See also Medical School Admissions: Report of a formal investigation into St. George's Hospital Medical School (1988)
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