Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson (6 July 1865 – 2 November 1928) was a British physiologist, and educator. He was the son of James Anderson (1811–1897) and Eliza Murray, died 1890 aged 60. Educated at by F. W. Goldsmith at Hampstead and at Harrow School, Anderson matriculated at

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1884, and graduated

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in 1887 ( Natural Sciences Tripos; Scholar 1886–89; Part I, first Class, 1887; Part II, first Class, 1888);

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1891; M.B. & B.Chir. 1891;

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1898, completing his medical training at

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, London. Anderson served as a Fellow of Caius 1897–1912, and as Master of Caius 1912–1928. He was the Chairman of the

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in 1918. He was elected Fellow of the

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, in 1907. A monument to him is in the Gonville and Caius College Chapel. He is buried at Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground,

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. His papers are held at Janus Library, Cambridge.Janus: Letters to Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson as Master of Gonville and Caius College
Janus.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

Family

He married, in 1894, Jessie Mina Innes (d. 1946), daughter of Surgeon-General Francis William Innes CB. The couple had two children: Austin Innes (born 1897) and Mary Desiree (1902–1973), an author. Jessie, Lady Anderson, is buried with her husband, in the same grave in Cambridge.

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* 1865 births 1928 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Harrow School Masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Knights Bachelor British physiologists {{UK-academic-bio-stub