John Cunningham

Biographical Summary

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN. ?-06/08/1968. Ref: 2897. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Lt. Colonel, CIE(1928).
• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Place of Death: Edinburgh.
• Profession: Physician,Bacteriologist.
• Appointments Held: Entered Indian Medical Service 1905, Medical Research Department, Government of India 1910, Director Research Institutes Kasauli, and Madras; Medical Superintendent 1929-48, Astley Ainslie Institution, Edinburgh.
• Schools and Tutors: Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Epsom College,Surrey.
• Undergraduate Studies: BA, MB ChB(Dublin).
• Postgraduate Studies: MD.
• Father: Daniel John Cunningham, FRSE 1850-1909.
• Other Family: Brother-in-law of Edwin Bramwell FRSE 1873-1952.
• War Service: 1914-18. North West Frontier,1915-16, Mentioned in Despatches.
• References: RSE Year Book, 1969, 11-14; Who Was Who 6.
• Date of Election: 03/03/1930.
• Proposers: Sir E A Sharpey-Schafer, Sir Robert W Philip, Anderson Gray M'Kendrick, William Glen Liston (Candidates List 1930).
• Notes: Born c1882.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 226