Background
CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson was born in 1806. 4th son of late Reverend John Cushny, Spey mouth, Morayshire.
CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson was born in 1806. 4th son of late Reverend John Cushny, Spey mouth, Morayshire.
Studied at University of Aberdeen. Berne; Strassburg.; Master of Arts. Doctor of Medicine.
Entered University of Aberdeen, 1882. Graduated in Arts and Medicine, 1889. Thompson Fellow, 1889.
Assistant to Professor of Pharmacology, Strassburg, 1892-1893. Professor of Pharmacology in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of America, 1893-1905. Member Royal Commission on Whisky and other Potable Spirits, 1908.
Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacology, University of London, University College, since 1905.
Fellow of the Royal Society 1907.
Spouse 1896, Sarah,daughter of Ralph Firbank.