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'''William Turner'''
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AI Council 1891 Member<br />AI Council 1892 Member
=== House Notes ===
Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh<br />proposed 29 October 1889<br />portrait and obitdeath noted in the report of the council for 1916. Obituary notice in Man 1916 , 42 by A. Keithincludes portrait<br /><br /><br />
=== 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.<br /><br />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.<br />