Name John Malcolm | ||
Prof John Malcolm FRSE CMG (31 August 1873 – 17 June 1954) was a Scottish physiologist and university professor in New Zealand.
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Life
He was born in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland on 31 August 1873 the son of John Malcolm a pulic works contractor.
He studied Medicine at Edinburgh University graduating MB ChB in 1897 and gaining his doctorate (MD) in 1899. He initially lectured in Chemical Physiology at Edinburgh University. He lived at 1 Sciennes Road in the south side of the city.
In 1905 he obtained a post of Professor of Physiology at Otago University in New Zealand. In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, William Anderson Bain, Walter Phillips Kennedy, and Philip Eggleton.
In King George VI's 1947 Birthday Honours List, Malcolm was created a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to the medical profession.
He died in Dunedin on 17 June 1954.
Family
He is thought to be the grandfather of John Laurence Malcolm of Otago who emigrated from New Zealand in 1953 to be Professor of Physiology at Aberdeen University and died in 2001.