William Turner
| Sir William Turner MB, LLD, DCL, FRS Lond and Edin | |||||||||
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| Born | 1832 | ||||||||
| Died | 1916 | ||||||||
| Residence | 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh | ||||||||
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medical anatomist | ||||||||
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Office Notes
AI Council 1891 Member
AI Council 1892 Member
House Notes
Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh
proposed 29 October 1889
*But was he also a Corresponding Member before this? See Prof. Turner of the American Ethnogical Society - the lists could refer to this Prof. Turner since in the List for 1872 under Corresponding Members is Prof. Turner FRSE Edinburgh.
Notes From Elsewhere
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.
