SCOTT, JOHN HALLIDAY (1851-1914) was born in Edinburgh and educated at the Edinburgh Institution and at the University, where he qualified. (M.B. and C.M., 1874; M.R.C.S. Eng., 1876; M.D., 1877; F.R.S. Edin., 1879) After a year as house surgeon and 18 months as demonstrator in anatomy at Edinburgh University, he was appointed dean of the medical faculty and professor of anatomy and physiology at Otago University (1877). He was a member of the Otago University council (1908-14), and was on the New Zealand University senate (1890-1912, 1914). Scott was a water-colour artist and was for many years secretary of the Otago Art Society. In 1882 he married a daughter of John Bealey, of Canterbury. He died on 27 Feb 1914.

Thompson, Hist. Otago Univ.; Cycl. NZ, iv (p); Who's Who NZ, 1908.

Reference: Volume 2, page 142

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