Regius Professor of Zoology, Glasgow
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The Regius Chair of Zoology is a Regius Professor
ship at the University of Glasgow
. It was founded in 1807 by King George III of Great Britain as the Regius Chair of Natural History. In 1903, when the Chair of Geology was founded at Glasgow University, the title was changed to Zoology
Regius Professor
Regius Professorships are "royal" professorships at the ancient universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland - namely Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment, save those at Dublin, is approved by the...
ship at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
. It was founded in 1807 by King George III of Great Britain as the Regius Chair of Natural History. In 1903, when the Chair of Geology was founded at Glasgow University, the title was changed to Zoology
Regius Professors of Natural History/Regius Professors of Zoology
- Lockhart Muirhead MA LLD (1807)
- William Couper MA MD (1829)
- Henry Darwin Rogers MA LLD (1857)
- John Young MD (1866)
- Sir John Graham KerrJohn Graham KerrSir John Graham Kerr was a Scottish embryologist and Unionist Member of Parliament . He is best known for his studies of the embryology of lungfishes.Born in Hertfordshire to Scottish parents, Kerr was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and at the University of Edinburgh, but...
MA LLD FRS (1902) - Edward Hindle MA PhD ScD FRS (1935)
- Charles Maurice Yonge CBE PhD DSc FRS (1944)
- David Richmond Newth BSc PhD (1965)
- Keith Vickerman PhD DSc FRSE FRS (1984-1998)