John Fraser (educator)

John Fraser was the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1944 to 1948. He was Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh University from 1927 to 1946.

He was the first surgeon in Britain to ligate an uninfected ductus in 1940.^[1] Fraser House (now renamed Holland House) and Fraser Court at Pollock Halls of Residence were named after him.

Preceded by Thomas Henry Holland	Principals of Edinburgh University 1944–1948	Succeeded by Edward Victor Appleton

References

↑ Catford, E.F. (1984). The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. p. 97. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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