The Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy is a

Chair A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest. They may be made of wood, metal, or synthetic materials, and may be padded or upholstered in vario ...

Medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

and

Anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

of the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

, Scotland. It was established in 1721, by a bequest of £1000 from

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, (6 January 16739 August 1744) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Chandos, and vacated ...

- then the Chancellor of the university. His original aim was to establish a ''Chair of Eloquence'', although this was rejected by the university in favour of a chair in Medicine and Anatomy. Holders of the ''Chandos Chair'' are known as ''Chandos Professors''. The Chandos Chair still exists today, although in 1875 it became a chair in

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

. *

Thomas Simson Thomas Simson (1696–1764) was a Scottish medical academic at the University of St Andrews. Life He was born in 1696. He obtained the degree of MD from the University of Glasgow in 1720, and two years later, in 1722 was appointed as the first ...

''1722-1764'' *

James Simson James Simson 1740–1770 was a medical academic and the second Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy, Chandos Professor of Medicine and Anatomy at the University of St Andrews, from 1764 to 1770. He was born on 21 March 1740, son of Thomas Simson ...

''1764-1770'' * James Flint ''1770-1811'' * Robert Briggs ''1811-1840'' * John Reid ''1841-1849'' *

George Edward Day George Edward Day (1815–1872) was a Welsh physician. Life He was born on 4 August 1815 at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. He was the son of George Day of Manorabon House, Swansea; his father had inherited the fortunes of his own father, George Day, phys ...

''1849-1863'' *

James Bell Pettigrew James Bell Pettigrew FRSE FRS FRCPE LLD (26 May 1834 – 30 January 1908) was a Scottish anatomist and noted naturalist, aviation pioneer and museum curator. He was a distinguished naturalist in Britain, and Professor of Anatomy at St Andrews U ...

''1875-1905'' *

Percy Theodore Herring Percy Theodore Herring FRSE FRCPE LLD (3 November 1872 – 24 October 1967) was a physician and physiologist, notable for first describing Herring bodies in the posterior pituitary gland. Life He was born in Yorkshire, England, on 3 November 187 ...

''1908-1948'' - first described Herring bodies * Anthony Elliot Ritchie ''1948-1969'' * Joseph Fairweather Lamb ''1969-1993'' * Ian Johnston ''1997-present''

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*{{cite book, title=The Scottish Review, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OFAcAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA61, year=1895, publisher=A. Gardner, pages=61– 1721 establishments in Scotland Professorships in medicine University of St Andrews