Percy Lane Oliver, 1878-1944

Percy Lane Oliver 5 Colyton Road

OLIVER, Percy Lane (1878-1944),
Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service, lived and worked here.
5 Colyton Road, SE22
Southwark 1979 [+]


4 Comments on “Percy Lane Oliver, 1878-1944”

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  1. Henry Hambley says:

    PL Oliver is due more widespread recognition than he gets. He is responsible for starting the first blood donor service at Kings College Hospital in 1922. Thereafter, with the help of Geoffrey Keynes, a surgeon and brother of the famous economist, he established a London wide blood donor panel which was in existence at St Bartholomew’s |Hospital until 1987.

  2. Vivien Butler says:

    Percy Lane Oliver was my great grandfather! True!

  3. Melinda Oliver says:

    Hi Vivien
    Then we must be related, because he was an ancester of mine
    too.

  4. Peter Oliver says:

    Percy Lane Oliver was my Great Uncle. His brother Douglas Oliver is my Grandfather and Melinda is my Daughter. As far as I know my son Paul Oliver is the sole remaining relative to carry on this branch of the Oliver lineage anmd to date he only has a Daughter.

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