Regius Professor of Anatomy (Glasgow)

The Regius Professor of Anatomy was founded by King George I in 1718 as the Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany . When King George III. 1818 a separate Department of Botany donated , the Regius Professor of Botany , the Department has continued as Regius Professor of Anatomy. Another Regius Professorship for Anatomy was founded in 1863 by Queen Victoria at the University of Aberdeen , also called the Regius Professor of Anatomy .

List of Regius Professors of Anatomy

Surname	name suffix	from	to	annotation
Thomas Brisbane		1720		Brisbane was the first Regius professor of anatomy and botany. However, he only taught botany because he thought the autopsy was tasteless.
Robert Hamilton		1742	1756	Robert was the brother of his successor Thomas and father of William.
Joseph Black		1756
Thomas Hamilton		1757	1781	Thomas was Robert's brother (see above).
William Hamilton		1781	1790	William was the son of Robert and nephew of Thomas.
James Jeffray		1790	1848	From 1818 Jeffray was only Regius Professor of Anatomy, since at his instigation an independent chair for botany was founded, the Regius Professor of Botany. He was a successful speaker and gathered around 200 students. He invented a surgical saw.
Allen Thomson		1848	1877	Embryologist and Darwinist (1809-1884)
John Cleland		1877	1909
Thomas Hastie Bryce	MA, MD	1909	1935
Duncan MacCallum Blair	Esq., MB, Ch.B., FRMS	1935	circa 1945	Blair had previously taught as a professor of anatomy at King's College London .
William James Hamilton	Esq., D.Sc., MD, B.Ch., BAO, FRSE	1945	1948
George McCreath Wyburn	Esq., DSC, MB, Ch.B., FRFPSG, FRSE	1948	Sep 30 1972
Raymond Scothorne	Esq., B.Sc., MBCh.B., MD, FRSE, FRCSGlasg.	1973	1990
vacant		1990

Individual evidence

1. ^ The University of Glasgow Story Anatomy (Regius Chair) ; on the University of Glasgow website; accessed on January 21, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Botany (Regius Chair). The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
3. ↑ Thomas Brisbane. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Anatomy Timeline. University of Glasgow, School of Life Sciences; accessed on December 11, 2016.
5. ↑ Robert Hamilton. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
6. ↑ Joseph Black. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
7. ↑ Thomas Hamilton. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
8. ↑ William Hamilton. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
9. ↑ James Jeffray. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
10. ↑ James Jeffray: Observations on the heart and on the peculiarities of the fetus ; Clin Anat 1999; 12 (1): 35-42. PMID 9890728 ; doi : 10.1002 / (SICI) 1098-2353 (1999) 12: 1 <35 :: AID-CA6> 3.0.CO; 2- # .
11. ↑ Allen Thomson. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
12. ↑ John Cleland. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
13. ↑ Announcement on the appointment of Thomas Hastie Bryce as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. In: London Gazette , September 24, 1909.
14. ↑ ^{a b c} Notice of the appointment of Duncan MacCallum Blair as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. In: London Gazette , September 10, 1935.
15. ↑ Thomas Hastie Bryce. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
16. ↑ Duncan Blair. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
17. ↑ Communication on the appointment of William James Hamilton as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. In: London Gazette , May 11, 1945.
18. ^ ^{A b} Communication on the appointment of George McCreath Wyburn as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. In: London Gazette , June 4, 1948.
19. ↑ William James Hamilton. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
20. ^ ^{A b} Communication on the appointment of Raymond John Scothorne as Regius Professor of Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. In: London Gazette , August 17, 1972.
21. ↑ George Wyburn. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.
22. ↑ Raymond Scothorne. The University of Glasgow Story; accessed on January 21, 2015.