Johnson Symington, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Johnson Symington

British surgeon

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1851

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1924

Profession: surgeon, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Professor Johnson Symington FRS FRSE FZS LLD (1851–1924) was a British anatomist and zoologist.
He was President of the Ulster Medical Society for 1896/7.
He served as President of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1904 to 1906.
He is noted for his comparative studies of the brain of modern man and prehistoric man, and of man and other primates.
From 1923 onwards Queen's University Belfast award a Symington Prize every year to junior anatomists in his honour.