Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet, of Tain

Sir John Fraser Bt KCVO MC FRSE FRCSEd
Born	(1885-03-23)23 March 1885 Tain, Rosshire, Scotland
Died	1 December 1947(1947-12-01) (aged 62) Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	British
Known for	Establishing M. bovis as a cause of human TB. Fluid replacement in surgical shock. Ligation patent ductus arteriosus
Title	Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh. Principal, University of Edinburgh
Spouse	Agnes Govane Herald
Academic background
Education	Tain Royal Academy
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Thesis	An aetiological and pathological study of tuberculosis of the bones and joints (1912)
Academic work
Discipline	Surgeon

Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet, KCVO, MC, FRSE, FRCSE (23 March 1885 – 1 December 1947) was Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh University from 1925 to 1944 and served as principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1944 to 1947.^[1]

His study of tuberculosis in children was to disprove the view of the Nobel prize winner Robert Koch that bovine tuberculosis did not play a major pathogenic role in human disease. The subsequent legislation led to the elimination of tuberculosis from milk supplies and resulted in a decline in incidence of bone and joint tuberculosis in children. In 1940 he was the first surgeon in Britain to ligate an uninfected patent ductus arteriosus.