Background
Boyd, James Ferguson was born on May 6, 1925 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. Son of Andrew and Mary (Somerville) Boyd.
Pathology educator and consultant
Boyd, James Ferguson was born on May 6, 1925 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. Son of Andrew and Mary (Somerville) Boyd.
Student, Carrick Academy, Maybole, Ayrshire, United Kingdom, 1939-1943; Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1948; Doctor of Medicine with commendation, U. Glasgow, Scotland, 1960.
Resident, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, Scotland, 1948-1949;
resident, Royal Alexandra Infirmary, Paisley, Scotland, 1949;
resident, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, 1951-1952;
senior house officer, registrar department pathology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, 1952-1953;
officer, senior registrar, Area Laboratory Svc., Stirling, 1954-1956;
lecturer department pathology, U. Glasgow, 1957-1961;
with research department, Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital, Glasgow, 1957-1958;
with pathology department, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, 1958-1959;
senior lecturer, U. Glasgow, Western Infirmary, Ruchill Hospital, 1961-1990;
senior lecturer, Knightshood Hospital, Gartnavel General Hospital, Stobhill General Hospital, 1961-1990. Examiner in histopathology Institute Medical Laboratory Sciences, London, 1961-1966. Honorary secretary/treasurer Ruchill Hospital Medical Staff Association, Glasgow, 1975-1976.
Mem.faculty medicine U. Glasgow, 1976-1979.
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1949-1951. Member British Medical Association, Pathol. Society Great Britain and Ireland, Association Clinical Pathologists (president Caledonian branch 1986-1989), Royal Medico-Chirugical Society Glasgow, Association University Teachers, European Society of Pathology, British Society for Study of Infection, Royal Army Medical Corps Association (life), College Club of University of Glasgow, Tulane Medical Alumni Association, Kelvin Probus, Research Defense Society (life), Hillhead High School War Memorial Trust (life), Friends of Glasgow U. Library.
(founder).
Married Christina Maggie MacLeod, Jan.5, 1951. Children: Andrew Ferguson, Donald MacLeod, Joan Rachel Somerville, Christine Margaret.
