The Regius Chair of
Forensic Medicine
Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, assa ...
at the
University of Glasgow was founded in 1839 by
Queen Victoria.
The chair was occupied for over one sixty years by the same family, when John Glaister Jnr. succeeded his father as Regius Professor. The chair is currently vacant.
Regius Professors of Forensic Medicine
*1839 - Robert Cowan
*1841 -
Harry Rainy
*1872 - Pierce Adolphus Simpson
*1898 -
John Glaister
*1931 - John Glaister Jnr
*1964 - Gilbert Forbes
*1974 -
William Arthur Harland
*1985 - Alan Albert Watson
*1993 - Peter Vanezis
See also
*
List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
*
University of Glasgow Medical School
Forensic Medicine
Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, assa ...
Professorships in medicine
Glasgow
Forensic Medicine, Glasgow
Forensic occupations
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