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James Couper Brash was born in Cathcart in Scotland, the son of James Brash, Justice of the Peace He was educated at George Watson"s College and the University of Edinburgh. In 1912 Professor Brash married Margaret Henderson, daughter of William Henderson, of Leslie, Fife, and she survived him together with one son, James Couper Henderson Brash (d1990) and one daughter, Nancy Brash.
Brash graduated Bachelor of Science
In 1908 and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1910. Neither had children, ending the line. After holding the post of resident physician at the Royal Infirmary and working as a demonstrator of anatomy at Edinburgh, he became an assistant in the anatomical department in the University of Leeds.
Soon after his return to civilian life he was appointed assistant professor of anatomy at Birmingham University, becoming professor in 1922 and, later, dean of the medical faculty.
In 1923 the university granted him the degree of Doctor of Medicine When in 1931 he returned to Edinburgh as successor to Professor A. Robinson in the chair of anatomy, Professor Brash had already become recognized as one of the leading anatomists in Britain. His own research was concerned mainly with embryology and the development of the jaws and teeth, on which he wrote several monographs for the Dental Board of the United Kingdom.
With Professor J. Glaister he was the author of a book entitled Medico-Legal Aspects of the Ruxton Case, the trial of Buck Ruxton. He, also took over from Professor Robinson the editing of Cunningham"s Manual of Practical Anatomy and Cunningham"s Textbook of Anatomy.
Professor Brash, who retired from the chair of anatomy at Edinburgh in 1954, received many distinctions during his career as a research worker and teacher.
He was a past-president of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1945–1947). He was an examiner in anatomy at Cambridge and other universities. At the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association Professor Brash died suddenly at his home in Edinburgh on 19 January 1958 at 71 years of age.
In 1922 he was vice-president of the Section of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, of which he was elected a Fellow in 1932, he was Struthers lecturer from the University of Leeds he received the honorary Doctor of Science and from the University of Saint Andrews the honorary Doctor of Laws and he was an honorary member of the British Dental Association.
