Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, biographical material

Includes biographical accounts of Ferguson-Smith's life and career to date, correspondence relating to his early career, particularly concerning his return to Glasgow 1959-1963, and later material from his move to Cambridge as Professor of Pathology in 1987.

This description is part of the main Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith collection which has been divided into the following sections, each with its own separate description:

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Maintained in the original order in which it was received. The files described below are arranged into separate folders which contain loose pages of correspondence and other papers, a booklet, and a transcript.

Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith (1931- ) is a celebrated geneticist whose work on gene mapping has shaped our understanding of human evolution. Ferguson-Smith graduated MB, ChB in 1955 and was appointed a lecturer in Medical Genetics at the University in 1961. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1965 , a Reader in 1971, and Professor of Medical Genetics in 1973. He was also Honorary Consultant in Medical Paediatrics at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children from 1966 and in Clinical Genetics at Yorkhill and Associated Hospitals from 1973 to 1987. In 1987, Ferguson-Smith left Glasgow to become Professor of Pathology and Professorial Fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He was also Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Medical Genetics from 1989. For a complete biography see the Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith collection description.

Some of the material in this collection is restricted in accordance with Data Protection legislation.