Background
David Cuthbertson was born in Kilmarnock the son of John Cuthbertson FRSE (1859-1933) a teacher in the fields of both mining and agriculture.
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David Cuthbertson
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David was educated at Kilmarnock Academy.
Career
The Rowett Research Institute became one of the world"s leading centres for animal nutrition research under Cuthbertson"s leadership (1945-1965). He served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers during the First World War. This delayed his education and he then studied Medicine at Glasgow University graduating Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery in 1926.
Cuthbertson served on several research and scientific committees, including secondment to the Medical Research Council in 1943, and served as Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1959-1960.
In his early research, Cuthberson observed a loss of nitrogen (urea) in fracture patients, later referred to as surgical stress. He was Director of the Rowett Research Institute from 1945 to 1965.
He was awarded several honorary doctorates: Doctor of Science from Rutgers University. Doctor of Laws from Glasgow University.
Doctor of Laws from Aberdeen University.
And Dhc from Zagreb University. In 1949 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His propoers were James Norman Davidson, Robert Garry, Ernest Cruickshank, and Donald McArthur.
He served as the Society"s Vice President from 1959 to 1960.
He died in Troon in Ayrshire on 15 April 1989.
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Nationality
Scottish