Person Leathes; John Beresford (1864 - 1956) Leathes John Beresford 1864 - 1956 Male 05 November 1864 14/09/1956 19560914

Physiologist Education: Winchester College; MB; BA; BC (Oxon); BM (1893); FRCS (1894) Career: Assistant Demonstrator ofg Anatomy at Guys Hospital, London1890-91; Demonstrator of Physiology under E H Starling at Guy's Hospital London (1894-95);two years with Drechsel in Berne (1895-7); two years with Schmiedeberg (1898-9)' Lecturer in Physiology at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London(18991909); part time at the Lister Institute (1901-1909); Professor of new Chair of Pathological Chemistry at Faculty of Medicine in Toronto, Canada (1909-1914); succeeded J S Macdonald as Professor of Physiology at Sheffield (1914-1933); also acted as Dean of the Medical Faculty (1916-1922 and 1931-1933); Moved to Wantage (1933) then to Oxford to work with Professor John Mellanby FRS in the laboratory of physiology. Moved to Lyme Regis during Second World War, then to London and Southbourne, and finally settled in Switzerland. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1921) Father-in-law of Lionel Sharples Penrose (FRS 1953) Fellow 04/05/1911 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1958 vol 4 pp 185-191, plate, by Rudolph Peters International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 Nov 1864 - 14 Sep 1956 NA3217 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/288100058 3316dc22-8624-4abd-a3fd-ea9711c87787