Person Cunningham; David Douglas (1843 - 1914) Cunningham David Douglas 1843 - 1914 Male Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland 29 September 1843 31/12/1914 19141231

The Medical College, Calcutta, India (1888); Torquay, Devon (after retirement)

Education: Edinburgh University. MB; CM (1867) Career: Entered the Indian Army (1868); studied mycology on the Continent; went to India and worked on tropical diseases, especially cholera; Professor of Physiology, Medical College, Calcutta (1879); set up a laboratory in the Calcutta Presidency General Hospital; Surgeon Major, Bengal Medical Service (by 1888); Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India; Fellow of the University of Calcutta; resigned due to ill health Honours: CIE 1893 Memberships: FLS Son of Rev W B Cunningham, minister of Prestonpans, and his wife the daughter of David Douglas of Reston Fellow 06/06/1889 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1915-1917 vol 89 pp xv-xx signed by D P References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 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 29 Sep 1843 - 31 Dec 1914 NA6158 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 1e6b6324-11b5-4ecf-a621-3afd05777f01