Bertram Windle facts for kids
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Sir Bertram Windle
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Professor Bertram C. A. Windle.
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Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
8 May 1858 |
| Died | 14 February 1929 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Trinity College |
| Known for | Founder, Sigma Chi, Beta Omega Chapter University of Toronto, 1922 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Comparative anatomy |
| Institutions | St Michael's College, Toronto |
Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle (born May 8, 1858 – died February 14, 1929) was a very smart British person. He was many things: a scientist who studied the body (an anatomist), someone who managed schools (an administrator), an archaeologist who studied old things, and a writer. He also taught people a lot.
Biography
Bertram Windle was born in a place called Mayfield Vicarage in Staffordshire, England. His father was a clergyman. Bertram went to Trinity College Dublin and finished his first degree in 1879. He also helped out as a librarian for a student society there.
In 1891, he became the dean of the medical school at Queen's College, Birmingham. This college later became part of the University of Birmingham. Windle was a professor there, teaching about the human body and how humans developed (anatomy and anthropology). He was also the very first Dean of the Medical Faculty at Birmingham University.
Later, in 1904, he became the president of Queen's College, Cork in Ireland. This college is now known as University College Cork. He led the university until 1918, when he moved to Canada.
When he was younger and studying medicine, Windle had different beliefs. Later, he became a Catholic. He had different ideas about how life evolved compared to Charles Darwin. He believed in something called vitalism, which is the idea that living things have a special life force.
Family
Bertram Windle was married two times. First, he married Madoline Hudson in 1886. Then, in 1901, he married Edith Mary Nazer. He passed away in 1929 when he was 71 years old.
Honours
Bertram Windle received many important awards and titles. In 1899, he was chosen as a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a very old and respected group of scientists.
In 1909, Pius X, who was the Pope at the time, made him a knight of St. Gregory the Great. This is an honour given by the Catholic Church.
In 1912, he was made a Knight Bachelor. This meant he could use the title sir before his name. King George V officially knighted him at Buckingham Palace on March 6, 1912.
See also
- Darwinism
- Fellows of the Royal Society
