William Turner

Sir William Turner MB, LLD, DCL, FRS Lond and Edin
Born	1832
Died	1916
Residence	6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh
Occupation	medical anatomist
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow AI Corresponding Member of ESL, AI left 1916 deceased elected_AI 1889.11.12 clubs Athenaeum Club societies Royal Society British Association Anatomical Society Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons British Association

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AI Council 1891 Member
AI Council 1892 Member

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Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh
proposed 29 October 1889
portrait and obit. in Man 1916 by A. Keith

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Sir William Turner (7 January 1832 in Lancaster – 15 February 1916 in Edinburgh) was a British anatomist and was the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1903 to 1916.

Born Lancaster; died Edinburgh. Virtually whole career from 1854 at Edinburgh University; Professor of Anatomy from 1867-1903, Principal from 1903-16 Knighted 1886; KCB 1901. Honorary degrees from Glasgow, St Andrews, Aberdeen, Montreal, Western University, Pennsylvania, Oxford, Durham, Toronto, Dublin and Cambridge Interested in classification & evolutionary genealogy of human races.