A Polish-Swiss chemist.
Won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950) along with Edward C. Kendall & Philip S. Hench, “for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects.”
From BSBI Obituary:
He got his degree at University College, London, and then moved to Leicester to do a PhD on Carex section Acutae (now Phacocystis) under T.G. Tutin. This was interrupted by National Service, which he spent as a teacher in Kent, and then in 1958, instead of returning to Leicester, he got the job of Head of the Fern Section at the British Museum (Natural History), remaining there for the rest of his career, respected and liked by his staff for his sympathetic management. In 1990 the re-organisation at the Museum resulted in Clive becoming Head of Collections in the Botany Department until his retirement in 1992. He was the initiator and main organiser of the Museum’s Wildlife Garden in the grounds
Director of Cytogenetics Unit at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
Served in the Royal Navy until 1944. Went on to attend Leeds University where he gained a BSc in Botany. Encouraged by Prof. Irene Manton he began to study the Cytogenetics of the genus Dryopteris. Later appointed Lecturer in the Botany Department of Liverpool University.
Became president of the British Pteridological Society. Founded the Department of Genetics with Prof. Phillip Sheppard at Liverpool University. 1963, Walker was appointed Senior Lecturer.
Founding member of the Clinical Genetics Society and a member of the Association of Clinical Cytogeneticists.
Under the supervision of Stanley Walker, Professor Mary Gibby studied for a PhD on biosystematics and cytogenetics of the fern genus Dryopteris at the University of Liverpool.