James Kirkwood Slater

Biographical Summary

SLATER, JAMES KIRKWOOD. ?-08/10/1965. Ref: 3155. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: OBE(1944).
• Place of Death: Edinburgh.
• Profession: Physician, Neurologist.
• Appointments Held: Physician, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Consulting Physician, Deaconess Hospital, Lecturer, Clinical Neurology, Edinburgh University.
• Schools and Tutors: The Edinburgh Academy(1914-17).
• Undergraduate Studies: MB ChB(Edinburgh 1924).
• Postgraduate Studies: MD(Edinburgh1937).
• Marital Status: Married Miss Bramwell.
• Other Family: son-in-law of Edwin Bramwell, FRSE 1873-1952.
• War Service: 1939-45. RAMC, Italy & North Africa, Consulting Physician to Central Mediterranean Forces, Brigadier.
• References: RSE Year Book, 1966, 33.
• Memberships: FRCPE(1930).
• Date of Election: 01/03/1937.
• Proposers: Sir Robert Philip, A Logan Turner, Sir Sydney A Smith, Edwin Bramwell (Candidates List 1936-7).
• Notes: Born c 1900.
• 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. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 851