Background
MITCHELL, Peter Chalmers was born on November 23, 1864 in Dunfermline. Son of late Reverend Alex. Mitchell, Doctor of Divinity.
MITCHELL, Peter Chalmers was born on November 23, 1864 in Dunfermline. Son of late Reverend Alex. Mitchell, Doctor of Divinity.
Studied at Aberdeen University (Master of Arts). Christ Church, Oxford (Exhibitioner). Berlin and Leipzig; honours i i Mental Philosophy.
University medallist in Literature. 1st class in Final Honour School of Natural Science. M. A. University demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy, and assistant to Linacre Professor at Oxford, 1888-1891.
Doctor of Science; Doctor of Laws.
Organising secretary for Technical Instruction to Oxfordshire County Council, 1891-1893. Lecturer on Biology at Charing Cross Hospital, 1892-1894. At London Hospital, 1894.
Examiner in Biology to the Royal College of Physicians, 1892-1896, 1901-1903. Examiner in Zoology to the University of London, 1903. Secretary to Zoological Society of London since 1903.
Fellow of the Royal Society, 1906. Fellow of the Zoological Society. Clubs: Savile, National.