The Regius Professor of Surgery is a Regius professorship held at the

University of Aberdeen , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...

. The position was created by

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...

in 1839 and was originally a

professorship Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

Marischal College Marischal College ( ) is a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, and since 2011 has acted as the headquarters of Aberdeen City Council. However, the building was constructed for and is on long- ...

, until it amalgamated with King's College in 1860 to become the University of Aberdeen.

Holders

* 1839-1882 William Pirie * 1882-1909

Alexander Ogston Sir Alexander Ogston MD CM LLD (19 April 1844 – 1 February 1929) was a British surgeon, famous for his discovery of ''Staphylococcus''. Life Ogston was the eldest son of Amelia Cadenhead and her husband Prof. Francis Ogston (1803– ...

* 1910-1932 Sir John Marnoch * 1932-1938 James Learmonth * 1939-1962 William Wilson * 1962-1982 George Smith * 1985-1998 Oleg Eremin * 2000–present James Hutchison

Footnotes

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