James Thomas Wilson

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James Thomas Wilson FRS [1] (1861-1945) was a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society. [1]

In 1886, he was invited by T.P. Anderson Stewart to become a demonstrator in anatomy in the recently established medical school at the University of Sydney, and was soon promoted to the new post of Challis Professor of Anatomy in Sydney. [1] [2] He subsequently became dean of the Faculty of Medicine, then later moved back to the UK to take up the post of Professor of Anatomy in Cambridge from 1920 and a fellowship at St John's College.

He made several important contributions to the study of anatomy [3] [4] [5] [6] and was elected president of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1922 to 1924. [7]

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  2. Young, John Atherton; et al. (1984). Centenary book of the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine. Sydney: Sydney University Press for the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine. ISBN   0424001039.
  3. Wilson, J. T. (1925). "Multiple Hypoglossal Ganglia in the Calf". Journal of Anatomy. 59 (Pt 4): 345–349. PMC   1249785 . PMID   17104067.
  4. Wilson, J. T. (1906). "On the Anatomy on the Calamus Region in the Human Bulb; with an Account of a hitherto undescribed "Nucleus postremus.": Part II". Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. 40 (Pt 4): 357–386. PMC   1287454 . PMID   17232692.
  5. Wilson, J. T. (1906). "On the Anatomy of the Calamus Region in the Human Bulb; with an Account of a hitherto undescribed "Nucleus postremus.": Part I". Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. 40 (Pt 3): 210–241. PMC   1287464 . PMID   17232680.
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