John R. Seale MRCP | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 August 1927 Exeter, England |
| Died | 19 April 2020 (aged 92) Devon, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Theories about the origin of HIV |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Sub-specialties | Venereology |
John Richard Seale (7 August 1927 – 19 April 2020) was a British venereologist and advocate in the 1980s of the now-discredited theory that HIV which causes AIDS might have been created in a germ-warfare laboratory by gene-editing. His views and writings were subsequently used to back-up the claims of those that proposed a man-made origin for the virus, and in Soviet propaganda against the United States. A collection of papers relating to Seale's views on HIV are held by the Wellcome Collection.