Downing Professor of Medicine
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The Downing Professorship of Medicine was one of the senior professorships in medicine
at the University of Cambridge
.
The chair was founded in 1800 as a bequest of Sir George Downing, the founder of Downing College, Cambridge
. The original electors were the Archbishop of Canterbury
, the Archbishop of York
, and the masters of the colleges of Clare
, St John's
and Downing.
The chair was discontinued on the death of its final holder in 1930.
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
The chair was founded in 1800 as a bequest of Sir George Downing, the founder of Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
. The original electors were the Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
, the Archbishop of York
Archbishop of York
The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...
, and the masters of the colleges of Clare
Clare College, Cambridge
Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1326, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs"...
, St John's
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
and Downing.
The chair was discontinued on the death of its final holder in 1930.
Downing Professors of Medicine
- Busick Harwood (1800)
- Cornwallis Hewett (1814)
- William Webster FisherWilliam Webster FisherWilliam Webster Fisher, M.D, , was Downing Professor of Medicine at Cambridge University.Fisher, a native of Westmoreland, was born in or about 1798. He studied in the first instance at the University of Montpellier, where he befriended Auguste Comte and took the degree of M.D. in 1825...
(1841–71) - Peter Wallwork Latham (1874)
- John Buckley Bradbury (1894–1930)