John Cleland, M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., (Edin., St. Andrews and Glasgow), F.R.S., Regius Professor of Anatomy in the University of Glasgow, 1877-1909 : recognition of distinguished services.

Date:
1911
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Credit: John Cleland, M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., (Edin., St. Andrews and Glasgow), F.R.S., Regius Professor of Anatomy in the University of Glasgow, 1877-1909 : recognition of distinguished services. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fearless investigator, and imbued with the great truths of Christianity, a reverent religious thinker, the qualities of mind upon which these two features depended blended together in complete harmony, cemented, per- haps, by his love of beauty, and he had no view which did not find perfect practical expression in his life. Hence that wonderful combination of earnestness, strength, and gentleness which had been his peculiar characteristic. For thirty years he has stood forth in the University of Glasgow a great and inspiring figure. Principal MacAlister said : Not for the first time it is my good fortune to have to acknowledge on behalf of the University the gift of a work of art in com- memoration of Dr. Cleland's long and fruitful career in Glasgow. The Museum he founded is adorned with a striking medallion portrait, which bespeaks at once the taste and the loyalty of his former demonstrators and assistants. Now our collection of pictures is notably enriched by another example of a great artist's skill in portraiture, and this gift we owe to the grateful esteem of a multitude of Dr. Cleland's pupils, colleagues, and other friends in many parts of the world. To all, in the name of the University at large, I offer hearty thanks. I thank them not only for the gift itself, precious as that is, but also for their consensus with his old comrades and fellow-workers of the Senate in seeking to honour one who has so well earned all honour and regard. By enrolling him as we have just done among our honorary graduates, and that at a special assembly, we indicate that the academic body is of one mind with you and those you represent in desiring that fit expres- sion should be given in Dr. Cleland's presence to our
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