Hunterian Professorship

The Hunterian Professorship, named after John Hunter, is the title awarded to a surgeon who is elected to deliver the Hunterian lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE). According to British surgeon Harold Ellis, the list of Hunterian professors reflects the history of British surgery.

Hunterian Professorship

Royal College of Surgeons of England (top) and John Hunter by John Jackson (below)

Established	1805
Faculty	Royal College of Surgeons of England

History

On 13 June 1803, the trustees of the Hunterian Collection met for the first time at the then newly titled RCSE. Clause 2 stated:

That one course of lectures, not less than 24 in number, on comparative anatomy and other subjects, illustrated by the preparations, should be given every year by some Member of the Company.

In 1894, the Clause was revised:

That one course of lectures, not less than 12 in number, on comparative anatomy and other subjects, illustrated by preparations from the Hungarian Collection and the other contents of the Museum, shall be given every year by the Fellows or Members of the College.

The rules were altered in 1961 with the addition of:

Additional lectures, not exceeding three in number, on medical or dental subjects, may be given every year by the Fellows or members of the College, Fellows in Dental Surgery or Fellows in the Faculty of Anaesthetists.

Lectures

19th century

List of Hunterian professors

Year	Image	Name	Notes
1819		John Abernethy
1885		Sir Frederick Treves
1877		Thomas Spencer Wells
1888		John Bland-Sutton
		Sir Jonathon Hutchinson

20th century

List of Hunterian professors

Year	Image	Name	Notes
1913		Wilfred Trotter
		Berkeley Moynihan

See also

• Arris and Gale Lecture

External links

• "Lectureships". Royal College of Surgeons. Retrieved 27 July 2024.