John George Garson
1854–1932
Scottish anthropologist, surgeon, and comparative anatomist. MB, Edinburgh, 1875; MD 1878. Assistant to William Henry Flower at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Lecturer in comparative anatomy, Charing Cross Hospital, and Swiney lecturer of the British Museum. Member of the Council of the Anthropological Institute. Specialised in craniology and anthropometric methods of criminal investigation. Secretary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1902–4.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/140/106/5)
letter from W. H. Flower, 6 November 1878
Nature, 25 June 1932, p. 931
Scotland, select births and baptisms, 1564–1950 (Ancestry.com, accessed 2 June 2017)
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
