Background
TURNER, William. Knight Commander of the Bath was born in 1832 in Lancaster. Son of William Turner, Lancaster.
TURNER, William. Knight Commander of the Bath was born in 1832 in Lancaster. Son of William Turner, Lancaster.
Studied at private schools. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Bachelor of Medicine University of London.
Honourable Doctor of Laws Glasgow, St. Andrews, Aberdeen, and Montreal. Honourable Doctor of Civil Law Oxford, Durham, and Toronto. Honourable Doctor of Science Dublin and Cambridge.
Doctor of Science; Doctor of Laws.
Fellow of the Royal Society London and Edinburgh. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons London and Edinburgh. Honourable Member Royal Irish Academy, and of other learned societies.
Demonstrator of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh, 1854-1867. Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh, 1867-1903. Member General Medical Council, 1873-1905.
President, 1898-1904. Member of the Medical Acts Commission, 1881. President British Association for advancement of Science, 1900.
Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Queen’s R. Vol. Brigade (V.D.V, D.L. President Royal Society, Edinburgh, since 1908. Cartulary-register 1901; Bach. 188G; F.R.8., D. Commander of Order of Leopold; Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh University since 1903.
Club: Athenaeum.