This experience proved invaluable twenty-five years later when a laboratory-associated case of smallpox at the Medical School of the University of Birmingham, UK, led to the death of Janet Parker. In 1951 he married June Evelyn Hall who bore him three daughters.
This experience proved to be highly beneficial twenty-five years later when a case of smallpox contracted in a laboratory setting at the Medical School of the University of Birmingham, UK, ultimately led to Janet Parker's death. He then married June Evelyn Hall and had three daughters in 1951.