Jodrell Chair of Physiology explained

The Jodrell Chair of Physiology is a chair at University College London, endowed (shortly before the Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy) by Thomas Jodrell Phillips Jodrell in 1873. The chairs succeeded the previous chair in Anatomy and Physiology.

The endowment was for the sum of, with a further £500 for equipment.^[1] This endowment was acknowledged in the final report of the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction in 1875.^[2]

The first holder was John Burdon-Sanderson after the post received the Jodrell endowment.

Two Jodrell Professors, Archibald Hill and Andrew Huxley, have gone onto win the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine

Professors of Anatomy and Physiology

• 1831-36 Jones Quain
• 1836-74 William Sharpey

Jodrell Professors of Physiology

• 1874-82 Sir John Burdon Sanderson
• 1883-99 Edward Sharpey-Schafer^[3]
  • • 1899-23 Ernest Starling 1923-25 Archibald Hill 1926-49 Charles Lovatt Evans ^{[4] [5]}
• 1949-60 Sir Lindor Brown ^[6]
• 1960-69 Sir Andrew Huxley ^[7]
• 1969-79 Douglas Wilkie
• 1979-95 Timothy Biscoe ^[8]
• 1995- David Attwell^[9]

Bibliography

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• Book: O'Connor, W.J. . British Physiologists 1885-1914: A Biographical Dictionary. Manchester University Press . 1991. 9780719032820.

Notes and References

1. Nature. 10.1038/009371a0 . Notes . 12 March 1874. 9 . 228 . 371–373.
2. Web site: Reports of the Devonshire Commission (1871-5) . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402074903/http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/devonshire/devonshire.html . dead . April 2, 2019 . 28 Oct 2021.
3. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ub9wsehw. Appointment to Jodrell Professorship. Feb 1883. Archives and manuscripts . Wellcome Collection.
4. Web site: David Henry Smyth FRS. Dictionary of Ulster Biography. 27 November 2021.
5. I. de Burgh Daly . Gregory, R. A. . 1970 . Charles Arthur Lovatt Evans. 1884-1968 . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . Royal Society . 16 . 233–252. 10.1098/rsbm.1970.0008 .
6. Web site: David Henry Smyth FRS. Dictionary of Ulster Biography. 27 November 2021.
7. Web site: Huxley 90th birthday symposium. 9 October 2007 . 27 November 2021.
8. Web site: Academy of Europe: Biscoe Tim. 27 November 2021.
9. Web site: attwell-david | UCL Division of Biosciences - UCL – University College London. 26 November 2021.