Fullerian Professor of Physiology facts for kids
The Fullerian Chairs are special positions for important scientists at the Royal Institution in London, England. These chairs were created by a generous person named John 'Mad Jack' Fuller. He wanted to support science and help brilliant minds share their discoveries with the world.
The Royal Institution is a very famous place. For over 200 years, it has been a center for scientific research and education. Many amazing scientists have worked there, giving talks and doing experiments. The Fullerian Chairs help make sure this important work continues.
Fullerian Professors of Physiology & Comparative Anatomy
The Fullerian Chairs have been held by many talented scientists. These professors specialized in two main areas:
- Physiology: This is the study of how living things work. It looks at how our bodies, and the bodies of animals, function. For example, how our hearts pump blood or how our muscles move.
- Comparative Anatomy: This field involves comparing the body structures of different animals. Scientists look at how animals are built and how their parts are similar or different. This helps us understand evolution and how life has developed.
The scientists listed below held the Fullerian Chair for Physiology and Comparative Anatomy. They were leading experts in their fields during their time.
- 1834–1837 Peter Mark Roget
- 1837–1838 Robert Edmond Grant
- 1841–1844 Thomas Rymer Jones
- 1844–1848 William Benjamin Carpenter
- 1848–1851 William W. Gull
- 1851–1855 Thomas Wharton Jones
- 1855–1858 Thomas Henry Huxley
- 1858–1862 Richard Owen
- 1862–1865 John Marshall
- 1865–1869 Thomas Henry Huxley
- 1869–1872 Michael Foster
- 1872–1875 William Rutherford
- 1875–1878 Alfred Henry Garrod
- 1878–1881 Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
- 1881–1884 John Gray McKendrick
- 1884–1886 Arthur Gamgee
- 1887 (vacant)
- 1888–1891 George John Romanes
- 1891–1894 Victor Horsley
- 1894–1897 Charles Stewart
- 1897–1898 Augustus Desiré Waller
- 1898–1901 Ray Lankester
- 1901–1904 Allan Macfadyen
- 1904–1906 Louis Compton Miall
- 1906–1909 William Stirling
- 1909–1912 Frederick Walker Mott
- 1912–1915 William Bateson
- 1915–1918 Charles Scott Sherrington
- 1918–1924 Arthur Keith
- 1924–1927 Joseph Barcroft
- 1927–1930 Julian Sorell Huxley
- 1930–1933 John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
- 1933–1935 Grafton Elliot Smith
- 1935–1937 Edward Mellanby
- 1937–1941 Frederick Keeble
- 1941–1944 Jack Cecil Drummond
- 1944–1947 James Gray
- 1947–1953 Edward James Salisbury
- 1953–1957 Harold Munro Fox
- 1957–1961 John Zachary Young
- 1961–1967 Richard John Harrison
- 1967–1973 Andrew Fielding Huxley
- 1973–1979 Max Ferdinand Perutz
- 1979–1985 David Chilton Phillips
- 1985–1991 John Bertrand Gurdon
- 1991–1999 Anne McLaren
- 1999–2009 Susan Greenfield
