Monro/[Munro], David

Education

Student United College 1892-1893 Jun. Gk.; Jun. Lat.; Jun. Math. 1893-1894 Gk.; Lat.; Math. 1894-1895 Log.; Eng. Lit. 1895-1896 Math.; N. Hist. & Prac. N. Hist. 1896-1897 N. Phil.; Chem. & Prac. Chem.; Anat. & Prac. Anat. Taylour Thomson bursar, 1893. Berry bursar, 1897. M.A. 26.3.1897.

Rector, St Andrews University 1938-1946.

Birth/childhood

Born 23.6.1878 son of David Munro, schoolmaster, Elstree. [Teacher]

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - M.B. Ch.B. 1901.

Director, Medical Services, Royal Air Force 1921-1930. Secretary Industrial Health research Board, Medical Research Council 1930-1942. C.B. [Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath] 1924. K.C.B. [Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath] 1930. [Doctor]

Rector, St Andrews University 1938-1946.

(Married Isabel Cunningham, student 1896)

Death

Died 8.11.1952.

Sources

  • UYUC400:10& 13.10.1893
  • UYUY452/22/442-4
  • Who was Who
  • Autobiography - It passed too quickly, London, 1941).
  • Obituary, Glasgow Herald, November 10, 1952.