Richard John Harrison
Sir Richard John Harrison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 October 1920 |
| Died | 17 October 1999 (aged 79) |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Sir Richard John Harrison FRS (8 October 1920 – 17 October 1999) was a professor of anatomy at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Harrison was educated at Oundle School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine and graduated MB BChir in 1944, before receiving further training at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[2] He was the Fullerian Professor of Physiology from 1961 until 1967, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1973. He was elected President of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1977 to 1979.[3]
Harrison was knighted in the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[2] In 1985, Harrison was named an honorary member of the American Association for Anatomy.[4]
References
- ^ Keverne, E. B. (2005). "Sir Richard John Harrison. 8 October 1920 – 17 October 1999: Elected F.R.S. 1973". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 51: 185. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2005.0012.
- ^ a b "HARRISON, Prof. Sir Richard (John)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland – Presidents of the Society" (PDF). The Anatomical Society. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ Pauly, John E., ed. (1987). The American Association of Anatomists, 1888-1987: essays on the history of anatomy in America and a report on the membership--past and present (1st ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-683-06800-9.