[3] He was born to an English Anglican minister and his American wife in Manila, Philippines, and grew up in the mountain village of Baguio.
Army service led to academic work on blood products and onchocerciasis (river blindness, a tropical disease).
Albright influenced Bartter significantly in several ways: research was mainly conducted on patients, who were observed very closely for long periods of time, and his interests encompassed many fields.
Particular interests were calcium metabolism, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, blood volume and electrolyte physiology, and the actions of sex steroids.
[3] Since 1986, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has given the Frederic C. Bartter Award for outstanding clinical investigation.