William John Tulloch
Prof William John Tulloch MD FRSE (1887–1966) was a 20th-century Scottish bacteriologist and medical author. He was an expert on tetanus.
Life[edit]
He was born in Dundee on 12 November 1887 the youngest of five children of Henry Tulloch.[1] His father and uncle were hatters, with two shops, H & W Tulloch in Dundee. They lived at 14 Albany Terrace in Dundee.[2] His mother, Coralie von Wassenhove, was from Waerschoot in Belgium.[1]
He studied medicine at St Andrews University and graduated MB ChB in 1909. In 1914 he became the first lecturer in Bacteriology at University College, Dundee.[3]
In the First World War he served as a lecturer at the Royal Army Medical College and on the War Office Committee on Tetanus.
He rose to be Dean of Medicine.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1960. His proposers were George Bell, Norman Davidson, Ian George Wilson Hill and Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick.[4]
He retired in 1962 and died in Cosham on the south coast of Hampshire on 26 August 1966.
Family[edit]
He was married to "Miss Sheridan".
Artistic Recognition[edit]
His portrait by A. G. C. Ross is held by Dundee University.[5]
Publications[edit]
- Diagnostic Value of the Vaccinia Variola Fluctuation Test (1929)
References[edit]
- ^ a b McLeod, J. W. (1968). "William John Tulloch. 1 April 1887—26 August 1966". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 95 (1): 336–348. doi:10.1002/path.1700950146. PMID 4868431.
- ^ Dundee Post Office Directory 1887
- ^ "Professor William John Tulloch, Chair of Bacteriology, University College and Queen's College, Dundee - Archives Hub".
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
- ^ "Professor William John Tulloch (1887–1966), Dean of Medicine | Art UK".
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