Background
Wilson, James was born in 1861 in Cluny, Aberdeenshire. Son of James Wilson, Westmains, Dolphinton, N.B.
Wilson, James was born in 1861 in Cluny, Aberdeenshire. Son of James Wilson, Westmains, Dolphinton, N.B.
Forfar Academy; Edinburgh University. Master of Arts; Bachelor of Science.
In 1886 he was invited by T.P. Anderson Stewart to become a demonstrator in Anatomy in the recently established medical school at the University of Sydney, and was soon promoted to the new post of Challis Professor of Anatomy in Sydney. He subsequently became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, then later moved back to the United Kingdom to take up the post of Professor of Anatomy in Cambridge from 1920 and a fellowship at Street John"s College. He made several important contributions to the study of anatomy and was elected President of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1922 to 1924.
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Royal Society.