William McKenzie
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| Born | 1791 Scotland |
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| Died | 1868 Scotland |
| Residence |  Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Field | Ophthalmologist |
| Institution | University of Glasgow Anderson's College Medical School |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Academic advisor | Georg Joseph Beer |
| Notable students | Thomas Wharton Jones |
William McKenzie was a notable Scottish ophthalmologist who obtained his MD under Georg Joseph Beer at the University of Vienna. He is also notable for being the mentor of Thomas Wharton Jones, leading to a significant scientific genealogy including physicists such as Paul Dirac and Stephen Hawking.
In 1819, he took up the anatomy chair at Anderson's College Medical School. During 1831-1868 he took up the Waltonian Medical Lectureship at the University of Glasgow.
