John Maxwell Anderson

John Maxwell Anderson
Born1928
Died31 January 1982(1982-01-31) (aged 53–54)
Occupation(s)surgeon and cancer specialist

John Maxwell Anderson FRCS, FRCSED (1928 – 31 January 1982) was a Scottish consultant surgeon and cancer specialist whose research focused on tissue transplantation, cancer immunology and chemotherapy.[1][2]

Career

John Maxwell Anderson was educated at Madras College, St Andrews and Strathallan School, Perthshire.[1] He graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1952 (MB ChB).[1] Following the completion of his national service with the Royal Air Force, Anderson had a varied postgraduate training.[1] In 1959 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSED).[1]

In 1960 Anderson was appointed senior registrar to Professor Ian Aird at the Hammersmith Hospital in London.[1] Thereafter, he went to Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston where he conducted valuable original research.[1] In 1966 Anderson was appointed consultant surgeon at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, eventually becoming consultant general surgeon.[1] He published several notable books and papers during his career.[3]

Anderson died in 1982 in a fall from the roof of his house while carrying out a home repair.[2]

Anderson's grandfather, Jamie Anderson, won The Open Championship in three consecutive years between 1877 and 1879.[4]

Publications

  • John Maxwell Anderson, ed. (1970). The Biology and Surgery of Tissue Transplantation: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Glasgow on 20-21 March 1969. Blackwell Scientific. ISBN 0397601271.
  • John Maxwell Anderson (1970). The biology and surgery of tissue transplantation. Blackwell Scientific. ISBN 063206210X.
  • John Maxwell Anderson (1972). Nature's Transplant: The Transplantation Immunology of Viviparity. Butterworths. ISBN 0407326502.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Obituary - J M Anderson" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 284 (6317): 755. 6 March 1982. PMC 1496714. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Surgeon falls to death". The Herald (Glasgow). 1 February 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ John Maxwell Anderson publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
  4. ^ "Anderson, John Maxwell (1928 - 1982)". Royal College of Surgeons of England. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.