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{{Use British English, date=October 2017 The Regius Chair of Anatomy is a
Regius professorship A Regius Professor is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, and ...
at the
University of Glasgow , image = UofG Coat of Arms.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms Flag , latin_name = Universitas Glasguensis , motto = la, Via, Veritas, Vita , ...
in Scotland. Founded in 1718 as the Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany the province of the chair was restricted to
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 it ...
in 1818 when the Regius Chair of Botany was founded.


Regius Professors of Anatomy and Botany/Regius Professors of Anatomy

* Thomas Brisbane, MD (1720) * Robert Hamilton, MD (1742) *
Joseph Black Joseph Black (16 April 1728 – 6 December 1799) was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glas ...
, MD (1756), Later Professor of the Practice of Medicine * Thomas Hamilton, MD (1757) * William Hamilton, MD (1781) * James Jeffray, MD (1790) *
Allen Thomson Allen Thomson FRS FRSE FRCSE (2 April 1809 – 21 March 1884) was a Scottish physician, known as an anatomist and embryologist. Life The only son of Dr John Thomson by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of John Millar, he was born at Br ...
, MA MD LLD DCL FRS (1848) * John Cleland, MA MD FRS (1877) * Thomas Hastie Bryce, MA MD FRS (1909) * Duncan MacCallum Blair, MB DSc (1935-1944) * William James Hamilton, MD DSc (1946) * George McCreath Wyburn, MB ChB DSc (1948) * Raymond John Scothorne, BSc MD FRSE (1973-1990)


References

*''Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow''. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond


See also

* List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
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 it ...
Professorships in medicine 1718 establishments in Scotland
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 it ...
Anatomists