Regius Professorship of Physiology is a Regius Chair at the

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...

that was founded in 1839 by Queen Victoria. It was originally titled the Regius Chair of Theory of Physic or Institutes of Medicine but the name changed to Regius Chair of

Physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

in 1893.

List of Regius Professors of Physiology

* 1839 to 1876: Andrew Buchanan * 1876 to 1906:

John Gray McKendrick John Gray McKendrick (12 August 1841 – 2 January 1926) was a Scottish physiologist. He served as Regius Professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow from 1876 to 1906, and was co-founder of the Physiological Society. Early life McKe ...

* 1906 to 1928: Noel Paton * 1928 to 1947:

Edward Provan Cathcart Edward Provan Cathcart (18 July 1877 – 18 February 1954) was a Scottish physician and physiologist of international fame. The Cathcart Chair in Biochemistry at the University of Glasgow is named after him. Together with John Boyd Orr he pub ...

* 1947 to 1970: Robert Campbell Garry * 1971 to 1990:

Otto Hutter Otto Fred Hutter (29 February 1924 – 22 November 2020) was an Austrian-born British physiologist who was Regius Professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow. Biography Hutter was born in Vienna, Austria in February 1924. His father ...

* 1991 to 2012: John Christie (Ian) McGrath * 2012 to present: Tomasz Guzik

References

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