Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy
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The Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy is a Chair in Medicine
and Anatomy
of the University of St Andrews
, Scotland. It was established in 1721, by a bequest of £1000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
- then the Chancellor of the University. His original aim was to establish a Chair of Eloquence, although this was rejected by the university in favour of a Chair in Medicine and Anatomy. Holders of the Chandos Chair are known as Chandos Professors. The Chandos Chair still exists today, although in 1875 became a chair in physiology
.
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
and Anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
of the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
, Scotland. It was established in 1721, by a bequest of £1000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, MP, PC was the first of fourteen children by Sir James Brydges, 3rd Baronet of Wilton Castle, Sheriff of Herefordshire, 8th Baron Chandos; and Elizabeth Barnard...
- then the Chancellor of the University. His original aim was to establish a Chair of Eloquence, although this was rejected by the university in favour of a Chair in Medicine and Anatomy. Holders of the Chandos Chair are known as Chandos Professors. The Chandos Chair still exists today, although in 1875 became a chair in physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
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- Thomas SimsonThomas SimsonThomas Simson was a Scottish medical academic at the University of St Andrews.-Life:He was born in 1696. He obtained the degree of MD from the University of Glasgow in 1720, and two years later, in 1722 was appointed as the first Chandos Professor of Medicine at St Salvator's College, University...
1722-1764 - James SimsonJames SimsonJames Simson 1740-1770 was a medical academic and the second Chandos Professor of Medicine and Anatomy at the University of St Andrews, from 1764-1770. He was born on 21 March 1740, son of Thomas Simson and Margaret Simson. He was awarded the degree of MD...
1764-1770 - James FlintJames FlintJames Flint is a British novelist and journalist. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1968 he did a journalistic apprenticeship on the Times of India in New Delhi before studying Philosophy and Psychology at Wadham College, Oxford...
1770-1811 - Robert BriggsRobert BriggsRobert Briggs was a scientist who in 1952, together with Thomas Joseph King, cloned a frog by nuclear transfer of embryonic cells. The same technique, using somatic cells, was later used to create Dolly the Sheep. Their experiment was the first successful nuclear transplantation performed in...
1811-1840 - John ReidJohn Reid-Politics:* John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan , Former British Home Secretary and former Chairman of Celtic F.C.* John William Reid , U.S. Representative from Missouri...
1841-1849 - George Edward Day 1849-1863
- James Bell PettigrewJames Bell PettigrewJames Bell Pettigrew, FRS FRSE FRCPE was a Scottish naturalist and museum curator. He was a distinguished naturalist in Edinburgh and London, and at St Andrews University from 1875 until his death...
1875-1905 - Percy Theodore HerringPercy Theodore HerringPercy Theodore Herring was a physician and physiologist, notable for first describing Herring bodies in the posterior pituitary gland....
1908-1948 - first described Herring bodiesHerring bodiesHerring bodies or neurosecretory bodies are structures found in the posterior pituitary. They represent the terminal end of the axons from the hypothalamus, and hormones are temporarily stored in these locations.They are neurosecretory terminals.... - Anthony Elliot Richie 1948-1969
- Joseph Fairweather LambJoseph Fairweather LambJoseph Fairweather Lamb MB ChB BSc PhD FRSE is a retired senior Scottish academic, emeritus professor and former Chandos Chair of Physiology at the University of St Andrews....
1969-1993 - Ian Johnston 1997-present