James Bell Pettigrew | |
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| Born | 26 May 1834 Roxhill, Calderbank, Lanarkshire |
| Died | 30 January 1908 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | University of Glasgow; University of Edinburgh |
| Notable work | Design in Nature; Animal Locomotion: or Walking, Swimming and Flying |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Hunterian Museum; Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; University of St Andrews |
| Research | Anatomy; Pathology |
| Awards | Croonian Lectures |
James Bell Pettigrew FRSE FRS FRCPE LLD (26 May 1834 – 30 January 1908) was a Scottish anatomist and noted naturalist, aviation pioneer and museum curator. He was a distinguished naturalist in Britain, and Professor of Anatomy at St Andrews University from 1875 until his death.
Pettigrew was an internationally acknowledged authority on animal locomotion and bird flight, which informed his invention of an early flying machine. The Wright Brothers studied his most popular work, Animal Locomotion: or Walking, Swimming and Flying which was published in 1873.[1]
- ^ Gardner, Dugald (2017). "James Bell Pettigrew (1832–1908) MD, LLD, FRS, comparative anatomist, physiologist and aerobiologist". Journal of Medical Biography. 25 (3): 169–178. doi:10.1177/0967772015605238. ISSN 0967-7720. PMID 26385978. S2CID 206609051.