Professor David Rutherford Dow, Professor of Anatomy and Master of Queens College

• Reference:GB 254 UR-SF 26
• Dates of Creation:1866-1987
• Name of Creator:
  David Rutherford Dow and the Dow family
• Physical Description:
  1 volume, 2 folders, 1 framed photograph

• Scope and Content

  Scrapbook and newscuttings, correspondence, lecture material, photographs, plus papers relating to Dr Agnes Dow (nee Morton). Also papers relating to Queen's College silver.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  David Rutherford Dow was a native of Crail, Fife. He was educated in Crail and at Waid Academy in Anstruther before attending St Andrews University, graduating MB ChB with distinction in 1911. He obtained a DPH in 1912 and in 1924 his MD thesis on arteriosclerosis was awarded commendation. He was admitted FRCPE and FRSE in 1932. After graduating, he acted as house surgeon in Dundee Royal Infirmary before moving to Great Ormond Street Hospital London. In 1913, Dow was appointed assistant lecturer in anatomy at United College, St Andrews and continued there until 1925 when he was appointed to the Cox Chair of Anatomy at University College Dundee. During the Second World War, he was also in charge of the anatomy department at United College at St Andrews. He was appointed Master of Queens College in 1954 and held this post while continuing with his teaching duties until 1958 when he retired. He was awarded the degree of LLD of St Andrews, honoris causa, in 1959. Professor Dow died in December 1979.
  Dr Agnes Dow (nee Morton), wife of DR Dow, also taught at University College. The Memorial Trust was set up after her death in 1998 and administered by Thorntons Solicitors. The Trust provides scholarships, student support, teaching facilities and other funding to medecine and dentistry. There is also a Dow Memorial Lecture which honours both husband and wife.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  Received from Dr Agnes Dow, widow of David Rutherford Dow in 1981 via Michael Shafe, Deputy Librarian. Additional material received from George Hogg, Clinical Skills Centre in 2016, having previously been held by Thorntons solicitors, and by Sandy MacDonald, Trustee and solicitor at Thorntons, during a visit to look at photographs of the Dows for a revised version of the Memorial Trust brochure.

• Note

  David Rutherford Dow was a native of Crail, Fife. He was educated in Crail and at Waid Academy in Anstruther before attending St Andrews University, graduating MB ChB with distinction in 1911. He obtained a DPH in 1912 and in 1924 his MD thesis on arteriosclerosis was awarded commendation. He was admitted FRCPE and FRSE in 1932. After graduating, he acted as house surgeon in Dundee Royal Infirmary before moving to Great Ormond Street Hospital London. In 1913, Dow was appointed assistant lecturer in anatomy at United College, St Andrews and continued there until 1925 when he was appointed to the Cox Chair of Anatomy at University College Dundee. During the Second World War, he was also in charge of the anatomy department at United College at St Andrews. He was appointed Master of Queens College in 1954 and held this post while continuing with his teaching duties until 1958 when he retired. He was awarded the degree of LLD of St Andrews, honoris causa, in 1959. Professor Dow died in December 1979.
  Dr Agnes Dow (nee Morton), wife of DR Dow, also taught at University College. The Memorial Trust was set up after her death in 1998 and administered by Thorntons Solicitors. The Trust provides scholarships, student support, teaching facilities and other funding to medecine and dentistry. There is also a Dow Memorial Lecture which honours both husband and wife.

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Paper and photograph

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Fonds level description compiled by Andrew Nicoll and revised by Caroline Brown, June 2003. Description updated by Jennifer Johnstone, May 2007.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  Papers collected by Dow and his wife who gathered them together. Photographs and material relating to Agnes Dow was transferred to Thorntons Solicitors on her death on the occasion of the creation of the memorial trust. The transfer to Thorntons was probably by Mr and Mrs Bird who were friends of the Dows. Mrs Bird was the daughter of Mrs Wilson (appears in photographs) who was a close colleague of Dow.

• Accruals

  Possible

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  UR-SF 26