Regius Professor of Anatomy (Aberdeen)

The Regius Professor of Anatomy is a Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen , founded in 1863 by Queen Victoria . The chair has not been filled since 1993. The professorship itself was founded and filled at Marischal College in 1839. When King's College and Marischal were forced to merge to form the University of Aberdeen, the professorship became the Regius Professorship.

In addition to this anatomy professorship, there is also a Regius professorship in anatomy at the University of Glasgow .

Professors of Anatomy

Surname	name suffix	from	to	annotation
Allen Thomson		1839	1841	After several years as a lecturer in anatomy and as a doctor in Edinburgh , Thomson became the first professor of anatomy at Marischal College in Aberdeen. He retired from the professorship in 1841 to continue teaching at the University of Edinburgh . From 1848 he occupied the Regius Chair of Anatomy at the University of Glasgow for 29 years.
Alexander Jardine Lizars		1841	1863	Lizars was the first professor at the University of Aberdeen, formed in 1860 by the merger of Marischal College and King's College. In 1863 he was forced to withdraw from the professorship because of his compulsive drinking habits.

Regius Professors of Anatomy

Surname	name suffix	from	to	annotation
John Struthers	Esq., MD,	1863	1889	Struthers took over the newly established Regius Professorship after working in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in a general restructuring. One of his measures was to update an anatomical exhibition for teaching purposes. His contributions to comparative anatomy can still be found today in the collection of anatomical and zoological specimens. In 1898 Struthers was ennobled.
Robert Reid	MBCM	1889	1925	Reid studied under his predecessor Struthers and took on an assistant position there. The skillful anatomist significantly expanded the museum's collection. His most important work concerned the skull , where Reid's Line was named after him, and the brain , which he dealt with in various works.
Alexander Low	MA, MD, LL.D.	1925	1938	Low's early work on the development of the mandibular bone earned him an international reputation. Low the university owes an excellent collection of lower jaw bones of Bronze Age people.
Robert Douglas Lockhart	MD, Ch.M.	1938	Sep 30 1964	Prior to his appointment, Lockhart had taught at the University of Birmingham . At that time, the professorship included the honorary curatorial position of the anatomical museum. Like his predecessors Struthers and Reid, he expanded the collection of the university's anatomical museum. His most important book was published in 1959, co-authored with Gilbert F. Hamilton and Forest William Fyfe "Anatomy of the Human Body", which saw several editions in several languages. In his private life, Lockhart developed a passion for rhododendrons , for which he was a recognized expert and even produced his own breeds.
David Cecil Sinclair	Esq., MB, Ch.B., MD, MA	1964	1976	Sinclair continued to develop the curriculum and, from 1965, instituted a regular memorial ceremony for those who donated their bodies to science.
Edward John Clegg	Esq., MB, Ch.B., Ph.D., MD, FIBiol	1976	1993	Clegg was the last Regius Professor of Anatomy. He was a recognized authority on the historical demographics of isolated populations.
not occupied		1993

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Anatomy Collection on the University of Aberdeen website; accessed on December 11, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Past Professors on the University of Aberdeen website; accessed on December 30, 2016.
^ ^A ^b Sir John Struthers (1823-1899), Professor of Anatomy in the University of Aberdeen (1863-1889), President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1895-1897) ; J Med Biogr. 2015 Nov; 23 (4): 216-24. doi: 10.1177 / 0967772013506808 . PMID 24585626 .
^ ^A ^b ^c WJ O'Connor: British Physiologists 1885-1914: A Biographical Dictionary . Manchester University Press, 1991.
↑ ^a ^b ^c IN MEMORIAM: Alexander Low, MA, MD, LL.D. In: Journal of anatomy , Volume 85, Number 3, July 1951, pp. 293-295, PMID 14850398 , PMC 1273522 (free full text).
^ ^A ^b Communication on the appointment of Robert Douglas Lockhart as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 5, 1938.
↑ ^a ^b Communication on the appointment of David Cecil Sinclair as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 14, 1964.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Papers of Professor RD Lockhart Entry on Robert Douglas Lockhart's archive material; accessed on December 16, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Communication on the appointment of Edward John Clegg as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 10, 1976.
^ Obituary for David Cecil Sinclair (PDF) In: MeDeFacts , Vol 19, No. 3, 2016, p. 5 ff.
↑ Notice of the appointment of Edward John Clegg as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 10, 1976.

[UoAAnatomy-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Anatomy Collection on the University of Aberdeen website; accessed on December 11, 2016.

[UoAPastProfs-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Past Professors on the University of Aberdeen website; accessed on December 30, 2016.

[NCBIStruthers-3] A ^b Sir John Struthers (1823-1899), Professor of Anatomy in the University of Aberdeen (1863-1889), President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1895-1897) ; J Med Biogr. 2015 Nov; 23 (4): 216-24. doi: 10.1177 / 0967772013506808 . PMID 24585626 .

[OConnor1991-4] A ^b ^c WJ O'Connor: British Physiologists 1885-1914: A Biographical Dictionary . Manchester University Press, 1991.

[NCBILow-5] IN MEMORIAM: Alexander Low, MA, MD, LL.D. In: Journal of anatomy , Volume 85, Number 3, July 1951, pp. 293-295, PMID 14850398 , PMC 1273522 (free full text).

[LGaz34539-5050-6] A ^b Communication on the appointment of Robert Douglas Lockhart as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 5, 1938.

[LGaz18271-521-7] Communication on the appointment of David Cecil Sinclair as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 14, 1964.

[ArchivesLockhart-8] Papers of Professor RD Lockhart Entry on Robert Douglas Lockhart's archive material; accessed on December 16, 2016.

[LGaz19925-1083-9] Communication on the appointment of Edward John Clegg as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 10, 1976.

[MEDEFACTS-10] Obituary for David Cecil Sinclair (PDF) In: MeDeFacts , Vol 19, No. 3, 2016, p. 5 ff.

[LGaz46985-10920-11] Notice of the appointment of Edward John Clegg as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , August 10, 1976.