Hugh Kerr Anderson

Hugh Kerr Anderson FRS (6 July 1865 - 2 November 1928) was a British physiologist, and educator.

He served as Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1912 to 1928.[1] He was the Chairman of the Cambridge University Press in 1918. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society, in 1907. A monument to him is in the Gonville and Caius College Chapel.[2]

He is buried at Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge.[3] His papers are held at Janus Library, Cambridge.[4]

He is depicted as a character in the film Chariots of Fire.[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1923/pdf/ukpga_19230033_en.pdf
  2. ^ http://babylon.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk/college/chapel/guide.php
  3. ^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5935601
  4. ^ http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F2198%2FPPC%2FHKA
  5. ^ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6155708/Chariots_of_Fire

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