Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy

The Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy is a Chair in Medicine and Anatomy of the University of St Andrews, Scotland. It was established in 1721, by a bequest of £1000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos - then the Chancellor of the university. His original aim was to establish a Chair of Eloquence, although this was rejected by the university in favour of a chair in Medicine and Anatomy. Holders of the Chandos Chair are known as Chandos Professors. The Chandos Chair still exists today, although in 1875 it became a chair in physiology.

• Thomas Simson 1722-1764
• James Simson 1764-1770
• James Flint 1770-1811
• Robert Briggs 1811-1840
• John Reid 1841-1849
• George Edward Day 1849-1863
• James Bell Pettigrew 1875-1905
• Percy Theodore Herring 1908-1948 - first described Herring bodies
• Anthony Elliot Richie 1948-1969
• Joseph Fairweather Lamb 1969-1993
• Ian Johnston 1997-present

Sources

• The Scottish Review. A. Gardner. 1895. pp. 61–.