John Cameron (anatomist)
Professor John Cameron FRSE (16 September 1873 – 27 November 1960) was a Scottish anatomist who moved to Nova Scotia to teach at Dalhousie University. He was a noted author on subjects deciphering human evolution through anatomical analysis including The Skeleton of British Neolthic Man.
Life
[edit]He was born in Laurencekirk in Kincardineshire on 16 September 1873, the son of Major David Cameron.[1]
He attended Montrose Academy and then went on to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. He graduated with a MB ChB in 1898. From 1899 to 1905 he acted as a Demonstrator in Anatomy at the University of St Andrews. The university awarded him a doctorate (DSc) in 1904 and the University of Edinburgh awarded him a MD degree in the same year.[2] In 1905 he moved to the University of Manchester as a Senior Demonstrator. In 1908 he moved to be a lecturer at the University of London, also then working at Middlesex Hospital.
In 1915 he left Britain to go to Nova Scotia to take a role as Professor of Anatomy at Dalhousie University, continuing in this role until 1930.
He died in Bournemouth in England on 27 November 1960.
Memberships
[edit]- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1905)
- Member of the New York Academy of Science (1957)
- American Association of Anatomists[3]
Publications
[edit]- Textbook of Regional Anatomy (1931)
- Textbook of Osteology and Arthrology (1921)
- Researches in Craniometry 2 vols (1928, 1931)
- The Skeleton of British Neolithic Man (1934)
Family
[edit]He married Elsie Moffat in 1925.
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1783 – 2002" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Cameron, John (1904). "The development of the retina in amphibia : an embryological and cytological study".
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