Background
Skinner, John Dawson Son of Samual and Irene Skinner.
Skinner, John Dawson Son of Samual and Irene Skinner.
Bachelor of Science, St John's College, Johannesburg. Master of Science, St John's College, Johannesburg. Doctor of Philosophy, St John's College, Johannesburg, 1949.
Professor University Pretoria, South Africa, since 1972. Consultant, department surgery Medical Faculty University Pretoria, Gauteng.
President Royal Society SA, Cape Town. Fellow: Royal Society South Africa (president since 1995, fellowship 1985).
Married Patricia Gwynne Craib, March 2. Children: Lilla Jane Coetzee, Charles Paxton, Donal Colin.