Biography:John Maxwell Anderson
John Maxwell Anderson | |
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| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 31 January 1982 (aged 53–54) |
| Occupation | surgeon and cancer specialist |
John Maxwell Anderson FRCS, FRCSED (1928 – 31 January 1982) was a Scottish consultant surgeon and cancer specialist whose research focused on tissue transplantation, cancer immunology and chemotherapy.[1][2]
Career
John Maxwell Anderson was educated at Madras College, St Andrews and Strathallan School, Perthshire.[1] He graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1952 (MB ChB).[1] Following the completion of his national service with the Royal Air Force , Anderson had a varied postgraduate training.[1] In 1959 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSED).[1]
In 1960 Anderson was appointed senior registrar to Professor Ian Aird at the Hammersmith Hospital in London.[1] Thereafter, he went to Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston where he conducted valuable original research.[1] In 1966 Anderson was appointed consultant surgeon at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, eventually becoming consultant general surgeon.[1] He published several notable books and papers during his career.[3]
Anderson died in 1982 in a fall from the roof of his house while carrying out a home repair.[2]
Anderson's grandfather, Jamie Anderson, won The Open Championship in three consecutive years between 1877 and 1879.[4]
Publications
- John Maxwell Anderson, ed (1970). The Biology and Surgery of Tissue Transplantation: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Glasgow on 20-21 March 1969. Blackwell Scientific. ISBN 0397601271. https://books.google.com/books?id=14EVYAAACAAJ.
- John Maxwell Anderson (1970). The biology and surgery of tissue transplantation. Blackwell Scientific. ISBN 063206210X. https://books.google.com/books?id=Xo-dnQEACAAJ.
- John Maxwell Anderson (1972). Nature's Transplant: The Transplantation Immunology of Viviparity. Butterworths. ISBN 0407326502. https://books.google.com/books?id=gsNsAAAAMAAJ.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Obituary - J M Anderson". British Medical Journal 284 (6317): 755. 6 March 1982. PMC 1496714. http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1496714/pdf/bmjcred00596-0072.pdf. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Surgeon falls to death". 1 February 1982. p. 1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19820201&id=prdAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5326,9792.
- ↑ List of publications from Microsoft Academic
- ↑ "Anderson, John Maxwell (1928 - 1982)". Royal College of Surgeons of England. 31 October 2014. http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E006250b.htm.
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