J. Playfair McMurrich
Canadian zoologist
James Playfair McMurrich | |
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 McMurrich from the 1902 Michiganensian | |
| Born | (1859-10-16)October 16, 1859 Toronto, Canada West |
| Died | February 9, 1939(1939-02-09) (aged 79) |
| Occupation(s) | zoologist and academic |
James Playfair McMurrich, FRSC (October 16, 1859 – February 9, 1939) was a Canadian zoologist and academic.
Born in Toronto, the son of John McMurrich,[1] McMurrich received a M.A. from the University of Toronto in 1881 and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1885.
From 1881 to 1884, he was a Professor of biology and horticulture at Ontario Agricultural College in the University of Guelph. From 1892 to 1894, he taught at the University of Cincinnati. He was a Professor of Anatomy in homoeopathic department of the University of Michigan. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1907.[2] From 1907 to 1930, he was Professor of anatomy at the University of Toronto.
From 1922 to 1923, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1922, he was the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1933, he was the president of the History of Science Society. In 1939, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal.[3]
In 1882, he married Katie Moodie Vickers.
Selected bibliography
- A text-book of invertebrate morphology (1894)
- Leonardo da Vinci: The Anatomist (1930)
References
External links
- James Playfair McMurrich and McMurrich Family archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
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| Preceded by Duncan C. Scott | President of the Royal Society of Canada 1922–1923 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the History of Science Society 1933 | Succeeded by |
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Presidents of the History of Science Society
- Lawrence Joseph Henderson (1924–1925)
- James Henry Breasted (1926)
- David Eugene Smith (1927)
- Edgar Fahs Smith (1928)
- Lynn Thorndike (1929)
- Henry Crew (1930)
- William H. Welch (1931)
- Berthold Laufer (1932)
- J. Playfair McMurrich (1933)
- Harvey Williams Cushing (1934)
- Charles Albert Browne, Jr. (1935–1936)
- Chauncey D. Leake (1937–1938)
- Henry E. Sigerist (1939)
- Richard H. Shryock (1940–1942)
- Louis Charles Karpinski (1943–1944)
- Isaiah Bowman (1944)
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1945–1946)
- John Farquhar Fulton (1947–1950)
- Harcourt Brown (1951–1952)
- Dorothy Stimson (1953–1956)
- Henry Guerlac (1957–1960)
- I. Bernard Cohen (1961–1962)
- Marshall Clagett (1963–1964)
- Charles Coulston Gillispie (1965–1966)
- C. D. O'Malley (1967–1968)
- Thomas Kuhn (1969–1970)
- Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (1971–1972)
- Erwin N. Hiebert (1973–1974)
- John C. Greene (1975–1976)
- Richard S. Westfall (1977-1978)
- Robert P. Multhauf (1979–1980)
- Frederic L. Holmes (1981–1982)
- Gerald Holton (1983–1984)
- Edward Grant (1985–1986)
- William Coleman (1987)
- Mary Jo Nye (1988–1989)
- Stephen G. Brush (1990–1991)
- Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (1992–1993)
- David C. Lindberg (1994–1995)
- Frederick Gregory (1996–1997)
- Albert Van Helden (1998–1999)
- Ronald Numbers (2000–2001)
- John Servos (2002–2003)
- Michael Sokal (2004–2005)
- Joan Cadden (2006–2007)
- Jane Maienschein (2008–2009)
- Paul Lawrence Farber (2010–2011)
- Lynn K. Nyhart (2012–2013)
- Angela N. H. Creager (2014–2015)
- Janet Browne (2016–2017)
- Bernard Lightman
- Jan Golinski
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