| Authorised form of name | Rutherford; William (1839 - 1899) |
| Dates | 1839 - 1899 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Ancrum Craig, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Ancru m Craig, Roxburghshire (21 February 1899) |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh University, MD (1863). Berlin (physiology)
Career:
Returned to Edinburgh (1865); Assistant to the Professor of Physiology (1865-1869); Professor of Physiology, King's College, London (1869-1874); Professor of Physiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Edinburgh (1874-1899); was a keen musician
Memberships:
FRSE
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1876 |
| Relationships | Son of a gentleman farmer; unmarried |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Stewart Richards, 'Conan Doyle's "Challenger" Unchampioned: William Rutherford, FRS (1839-99), and the Origins of Practical Physiology in Britain' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 193-217, plate |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/42595997 |
| Royal Society code | NA8090 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1876/17 | Rutherford; William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/19/63 | Letter from William Rutherford to William Sharpey | 5 April 1873 |
| AP/34/21 | Unpublished paper, 'On the extension of the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter to 440 places at decimals' by William Rutherford | 4 October 1852 |
| IM/Maull/003954 | Rutherford, William | nd |
| NLB/10/11 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor William Rutherford, Fellow of the Royal Society, 14 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh | 20 August 1894 |
| NLB/18/312 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 February 1899 |
| RR/8/328 | Referee's report by William Rutherford, on a paper 'On the histology and physiology of pepsin-forming glands' by John Newport Langley | 27 May 1881 |
| RR/7/440 | Referee's report by William Rutherford, on a paper 'On the physiological action of the bark of Erythrophleum guinense, generally called casca, cassa, or sassy bark' by Thomas Lauder Brunton and Walter Pye | 3 October 1876 |
| RR/11/18 | Referee's report by William Rutherford, on a paper 'Contributions to the study of the connection between chemical constitution and physiological action.—Part II' by Thomas Lauder Brunton and John Theodore Cash | 27 March 1891 |
| RR/11/28 | Referee's report by William Rutherford, on a paper 'The physiological action of the nitrites of the paraffin series, considered connection with their chemical constitution' by John Theodore Cash | 25 May 1891 |
| RR/11/27 | Letter from William Rutherford, on a paper 'The physiological action of the nitrites of the paraffin series, considered connection with their chemical constitution' by John Theodore Cash | 25 May 1891 |
| RR/1bis/43 | Third referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Investigation of a new and simple series, by which the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference may easily be computed to any required degree of accuracy' by William Rutherford | 19 November 1841 |
| RR/1bis/41 | Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Investigation of a new and simple series, by which the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference may easily be computed to any required degree of accuracy' by William Rutherford | 8 June 1841 |
| RR/11/129 | Referee's report by William Rutherford, on a paper 'The physiological action of the nitrites of the paraffin series, considered connection with their chemical constitution' by John Theodore Cash and Wyndham Rowland Dunstan | 3 December 1892 |
| NLB/7/408 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor William Rutherford, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 February 1893 |
| NLB/13/550 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 6 October 1896 |
| RR/2/211 | Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On the extension of the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter' by William Rutherford | [1853] |
| RR/1bis/42 | Second referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'Investigation of a new and simple series, by which the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference may easily be computed to any required degree of accuracy' by William Rutherford | 10 November 1841 |
| RR/9/5 | Referee's report by William Rutherford, on five papers 'On the effect of electrical stimulation of the frog’s heart, and its modification by cold, heat, and the action of drugs', 'On the action of alkaline and acid on muscle', 'On the action of ammonia and its salts, and of hydrocyanic acid upon muscle and nerve' and 'On absorption of gas by the intestines' [np] by Thomas Lauder Brunton and John Theodore Cash; 'The effects of certain modifying influences on the latent period of muscle contraction' by Gerald Francis Yeo and John Theodore Cash | 4 February 1882 |
| RR/2/212 | Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the extension of the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter' by William Rutherford | 26 February 1853 |