Background
Cannon, was born on October 19, 1871, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the son of Colbert Hanchett and Wilma (Denio) Cannon.
physiologist professor scientist
Cannon, was born on October 19, 1871, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the son of Colbert Hanchett and Wilma (Denio) Cannon.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1896, A.M., 1897, Doctor of Medicine 1900, Doctor of Science, 1937. Doctor of Science, Yale University, 1923. Doctor of Laws, Wittenberg College, 1927, Boston University, 1929.
Washington University. Doctor, honoris causa, Universities of Liege and Strasbourg, 1930, Paris, 1931, Madrid, 1938, Barcelona, 1939. Catholic University of Chile, 1944.
Baly medalist, Royal College Physicians, London, 1931. National Institute Social Science, 1934.
Instructor zoölogy, 1899-1900, instructor physiology, 1900-1902, assistant professor, 1902-1906, George Higginson professor, September 1, 1906-August 31, 1942, emeritus professor since September 1, 1942. Harvard. Croonian lecturer, Royal Society, London, 1918. Harvard exchange professor to France, 1929-1930.
Linacre lecturer, Cambridge U., 1930. Herter lecturer, New York, 1932. Beaumont lecturer, Detroit, 1933.
Kober lecturer, Association American Physicians, 1934. Caldwell lecturer, American Röntgen Ray Society, 1934. Newbold lecturer, Philadelphia College of Physicians, 1934.
Hughlings Jackson lecturer, McGill University, 1939. Visiting professor Peiping Union Medical School, 1935. Honorary fellow Stanford University, 1941.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (president 1939), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy Sciences (foreign secretary), Academy of Sciences of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (honorary), American Philosophical Society, American Physiological Society, Association American Physicians, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha. Member Societe de Biologie (Paris), R. Academia delle Scienze, Bologna, Sociedad de Biologia, Buenos Aires, Societe Belge de Biologie (Brussels), Royal Society Medicine (Budapest).
Member Royal Society London, Royal Swedish Academy of Science. Member Academic Nacionale de Medicina (Spain), Royal Society Edinburgh, British Physiological Society, Academia de Medicina (Barcelona), Academie Royale de Medecine de Belgique (Belgium), National Academy of Medicine (Mexico). President Medical; Club: Faculty (Cambridge).
Married Cornelia James, June 25, 1901. Children: Bradford, Wilma Denio, Linda, Marian, Helen.