Background
GLAISTER, John was born on March 9, 1856 in Lanark. Son of Joseph Glaister and Marion Hamilton Weir.
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John Glaister
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Education
Studied at Grammar School, Lanark. University of Glasgow. Medallist in Surgery, Clinical Medicine, and Materia Medica.
1st Prizeman in Forensic Medicine and Pathology.
Degree of Bachelor of Medicine (with commendation). Doctor of Medicine; Bachelor of Medicine.
Diploma in Public Health Cambridge.
Career
In 1873, he enrolled to the Faculty of Medicine of Glasgow University. After graduating, he became a police surgeon and a general practitioner in Townhead. In 1881, he was appointed a lecturer in Medical Jurisprudence at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary Medical School, and in 1887 a Special Lecturer in Public Health.
In 1889 he was promoted to Professor of Forensic Medicine and Public Health, which post he held until 1931.
In 1902, he published his most famous work, A Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence, Toxicology and Public Health. He was also noted as an expert witness in widely publicised legal cases such as the trial of Oscar Slater in 1909.
Membership
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Fellow of the Chemical Society. Clubs: Conservative, Art, University, Angling, Glasgow.
