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Authorised form of nameTurner; Sir; William (1832 - 1916)
Dates1832 - 1916
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLancaster, England
Date of birth07 January 1832
Place of deathEdinburgh University
Date of death15/02/1916
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Dean cemetery, Edinburgh University
OccupationAnatomist
Research fieldAnatomy
ActivityEducation:
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. MB (1857, London)
Career:
Assistant Professor (1854), then Professor (1867) of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh; Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh (1903)
Honours:
Kt 1886; KCB 1901
Memberships:
MRCS; FRSCE (1861)FRSC (1893); FRMed & Chir Soc
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1877
RelationshipsSon of William Turner of Lancaster and his wife Margaret Aldren
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1915-1917 vol 89 pp xxxiv-xxxviii signed by A M
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/27853708
CodeNA6470
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/Maull/004677Turner, Sir Williamnd
EC/1877/19Turner, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/11/73Letter from W [William] Turner, 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]9 June 1877
NLB/3/76Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society6 March 1889
NLB/3/73Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society4 March 1889
NLB/10/195Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Bolas & Company, 11 Ludgate Hill18 October 1894
NLB/19/629Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Edwin Ray Lankester, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Zoology Committee13 November 1899
NLB/20/60Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Turner, Professor Alfred George Greenhill, Dr Andrew Ainslie Common, Fellows of the Royal Society23 January 1900
NLB/52/712Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Alexander MacAlister, FRS18 February 1916
NLB/53/239Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Miss Turner, 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh07 June 1916
NLB/52/726Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. William Aldren Turner; 18 Harley Street, W. 21 February 1916
NLB/53/241Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent07 June 1916
NLB/53/431Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Church08 August 1916
RR/9/101Referee's report by William Turner, on a paper 'The minute anatomy of the thymus' by Herbert Watney1882
RR/7/495Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'On the placentation of the lemurs' by William Turner21 April 1876
RR/8/168Referee's report by William Turner, on a paper 'Researches on the comparative structure of the cortex cerebri' by William Bevan Lewis5 July 1879
RR/8/146Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'On the placentation of the Apes, with a comparison of the structure of their placenta with that of the human female' by William Turner13 May 1878
RR/8/274Referee's report by William Turner, on a paper 'Researches on the minute structure of the thyroid gland' by Edward Cresswell Baber23 April 1881
RR/9/289Referee's report by William Turner, on a paper 'The development of the arteries of the abdomen and their relation to the peritoneum' by C B Lockwood7 February 1885
RR/10/235Referee's report by William Turner, on a paper 'The pectoral group of muscles' by Bertram Coghill Alan Windle3 November 1888
NLB/3/56Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, [Royal Society]25 February 1889
RR/8/145Letter from William Turner, to Thomas Henry Huxley, regarding a paper 'On the placentation of the Apes, with a comparison of the structure of their placenta with that of the human female' by William Turner27 March 1878
PP/13/31Paper, 'The spinal curvature in an Aboriginal Australian' by Daniel John Cunningham1889
NLB/35/339Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Charles Scott Sherrington, Fellow of the Royal Society17 May 1907
MC/10/421Letter from W [William] Turner, 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]8 July 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/11/79Letter from W [William] Turner, 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]12 June 1877
AP/37/25Paper, 'Examination of the cerebro-spinal fluid' by William Turner1854
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
PP/12/16Paper, 'An additional contribution to the placentation of the lemurs' by William Turner1888
RR/13/40Referee's report by William Turner, on a paper 'The menstruation and ovulation of Macacus rhesus' by Walter Heape1 August 1896
AP/75/11Unpublished paper, 'A comparative study of the grey and white matter of the motor cell groups, and of the spinal accessory nerve, in the spinal cord of the porpoise (Phoccena communis)' by David Hepburn1903
PP/13/31/1Manuscript, 'The spinal curvature in an Aboriginal Australian' by Daniel John Cunningham1889
PP/21/10/1Manuscript, 'The electric organ of the skate: Note on an electric centre in the spinal cord' by J [James] Cossar Ewart1893
PP/21/10Paper, 'The electric organ of the skate: Note on an electric centre in the spinal cord' by J [James] Cossar Ewart1893
RR/8/353Referee's report by William Turner, on a paper 'On the female organs and placentation of the raccoon (Procyon lotor)' by Morrison Watson24 February 1881
AP/73/13Unpublished paper, 'The development and morphology of the vascular system in mammals. The posterior end of the aorta and the iliac arteris' by Alfred H Young and Arthur Robinson1898
MC/20Volume 20 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1905
MC/19/809Letter from [William] Turner, University of Edinburgh, to the Secretary of the Royal Society1 February 1904
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
MC/20/450Letter from [William] Turner, 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison4 December 1905
NLB/31/903Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Sir William Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society5 December 1905
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