Arthur Robinson

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FRCSE LLD (1862–1948) was a British anatomist who served as President of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1920 to 1922. He created the terms "opposed placentae" and "conjoined placentae".

Life

He was born on 8 April 1862 in

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, the son of James Robinson. He studied medicine at the

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graduating MBChB in 1883. He then became a Demonstrator in William Turner's anatomy class. He then went to Owen's College in Manchester as a Demonstrator to Professor A.H. Young and the Victoria University in Manchester. He received his doctorate (MD) from the University of Edinburgh in 1890. In 1896 he went to

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replacing John Bland-Sutton as a lecturer in anatomy. In 1900 he went to

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as Professor of Anatomy. In 1905 he moved to the

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as Professor of Anatomy and Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. In 1909 he returned to the University of Edinburgh to replace

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as Professor of Anatomy. In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were Sir William Turner,

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, Cargill Gilston Knott, and John Sutherland Black. He served as Secretary to the Society 1912 to 1918 and as Vice President 1918 to 1921. He won the Society's Neill Prize for the period 1925/27. He received an honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1932 for his books. He died in

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on 3 December 1948.

Family

In 1888 he married Emily Baily. They had no children.

Publications

He was editor to the numerous revisions of ''Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy'' and ''Cunningham's Textbook of Anatomy'' *''A Glance at Anatomy 1705 to 1909'' (1909) *''Surface Anatomy'' (1928)

References

1862 births 1948 deaths Health professionals from Manchester Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh British anatomists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{UK-scientist-stub