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Ian Maclaren Thompson, anatomist (b at Harbour Grace, Nfld 13 Sept 1896; d at Winnipeg 26 Dec 1981). His education at Edinburgh was interrupted by service in WWI, during which he was wounded and mentioned in dispatches.
Ian Maclaren Thompson
Ian Maclaren Thompson, anatomist (b at Harbour Grace, Nfld 13 Sept 1896; d at Winnipeg 26 Dec 1981). His education at Edinburgh was interrupted by service in WWI, during which he was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. He taught anatomy at McGill 1920-27, U of Calif (Berkeley) 1927-36 and U Man, where he was head of the department 1937-65. He is remembered for his emphasis on the study of the living body and the importance of anatomical clinics and for his neuroanatomical research. A fellow of the Royal Soc of Canada (1947) and the Royal Soc of Edinburgh (1952), he was founding president of the Canadian Assn of Anatomists.
