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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3471/3/3/8
Alt Ref NoMS 3471/1/2
TitleResearch papers and reports of J. Parlane Kinloch (d 1932)
Date1914 - 1928
Extent1 file
Creator NameAlexander Logie Stalker (1920 - 1987), Professor of Pathology, University of Aberdeen, 1969 - 1982
Administrative HistoryJames Parlane Kinloch was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. He came to Aberdeen in 1914 as Deputy Medical Officer of Health for the city and was lecturer, and later reader, in Public Health and Infectious Diseases at the University. In 1923 he succeeded Professor Matthew Hay as Medical Officer of Health for Aberdeen and at the same time was appointed head of the Public Health Deaprtment of the University. He was appointed Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health for Scotland c 1928, but died suddenly of a heart attack in January 1932. He published widely in scientific and medical journals and was highly regarded for his contributions to public health improvements in Aberdeen.

A short obituary is contained in Aberdeen University Review, 19 (1931 - 1932), 191 and in 'Who Was Who, 1929 - 1940', 757.
DescriptionBound file containing reprints of J. Parlane Kinloch's publications in scientific and medical journals, and of reports and letters published in his role as Medical Health Officer for Aberdeen, 1914 - 1928. Indexed.
Access StatusOpen
Access ConditionsThe records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions.
Physical DescriptionPrinted papers bound in hard backed volume. Volume damp-damaged, printed papers unaffected.
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