John Malcolm

John Malcolm (31 August 1873 – 17 June 1954) was a New Zealand professor at the University of Otago and physiologist. Life He was born in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland, on 31 August 1873 the son of John Malcolm, a public works contractor. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MBChB in 1897 and gaining his MD in 1899. He initially lectured in chemical physiology at the University of Edinburgh. He lived at 1 Sciennes Road in the south side of the city. In 1905 he obtained a post of professor of physiology at the University of Otago in New Zealand. In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, William Anderson Bain, Walter Phillips Kennedy, and Philip Eggleton.