Richard John Harrison

For other people named Richard Harrison, see Richard Harrison (disambiguation).

Sir Richard John Harrison
Born(1920-10-08)8 October 1920
Died17 October 1999(1999-10-17) (aged 79)
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Sir Richard John Harrison FRS (8 October 1920 – 17 October 1999) was a professor of anatomy at the University of Cambridge.[1]

Harrison was educated at Oundle School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine and graduated MB BChir in 1944, before receiving further training at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[2] He was the Fullerian Professor of Physiology from 1961 until 1967, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1973. He was elected President of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1977 to 1979.[3]

Harrison was knighted in the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[2]

  1. ^ Keverne, E. B. (2005). "Sir Richard John Harrison. 8 October 1920 – 17 October 1999: Elected F.R.S. 1973". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 51: 185. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2005.0012.
  2. ^ a b "HARRISON, Prof. Sir Richard (John)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland – Presidents of the Society" (PDF). The Anatomical Society. Retrieved 21 October 2012.