Surname: McKendrick Forename(s): John b. 12 August 1841. d. 2 January 1926. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet and physiologist. Born in Hardgate, Aberdeen. Educated at the University of Aberdeen.
Married Mary Souttar on 21 August 1867. Became Assistant Professor of Physiology at
the University of Edinburgh in 1869, where he conducted research on brains. Appointed
Professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow in 1876. Original member of the
Physiological Society. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of
the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh (1871), and Fellow of the Royal Society
(1884). Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)