Biography of James Henderson Baird

James Henderson Baird graduated MBChB from the University in 1905.

He was born in the Otago region of the South Island, New Zealand, son of the Reverend James Baird. He graduated BA from University of New Zealand, before enrolling at the University of Glasgow in 1900 to study Medicine. He was one of five siblings born in New Zealand to return to Glasgow to study Medicine at the University; the others were William Stephen, John Bruce, Helen Stephen, and Annie Agnes.

Sources

Other Online Resources

• Mary R S and Thomas Creese, Ladies in the Laboratory III: South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Scarecrow Press, 2010, p.107

Archival Materials

• R3/1/1 Registers of dates of birth of graduates 1881-1915 (vol 2)

Summary

James Henderson Baird
Born 19 April 1877.
Died 27 April 1958.
GU Degree: MBChB, 1905; Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences,
University Link: Graduate
Occupation categories: physicians
Additional Information: R3/1/1 (vol 2)
English snippet: Medical graduate of the University of Glasgow in 1905
Record last updated: 19th Sep 2013

Country Associations

New Zealand, Otago
Place of Birth

University Connections

University Roles

• Graduate [View James Henderson Baird's record in the list of graduates]