Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy

The Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy is a Chair in Medicine and Anatomy of the University of St Andrews. It was established in 1721, by a bequest of £1000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos - then the Chancellor of the University. His original aim was to establish a Chair of Eloquence, although this was rejected by the university in favour of a Chair in Medicine and Anatomy. Holders of the Chandos Chair are known as Chandos Professors. The Chandos Chair still exists today, although in 1875 became a chair in physiology.


 * Thomas Simson 1722-1764
 * James Simson 1764-1770
 * James Flint 1770-1811
 * Robert Briggs 1811-1840
 * John Reid 1841-1849
 * George Edward Day 1849-1863
 * James Bell Pettigrew 1875-1905
 * Percy Theodore Herring 1908-1948 - first described Herring bodies
 * Anthony Elliot Richie 1948-1969
 * Joseph Fairweather Lamb 1969-1993
 * Ian Johnston 1997-present