Record

CodePX26
Dates1901-1975
Person NameHill; William Charles Osman (1901-1975); Anatomist
SurnameHill
ForenamesWilliam Charles Osman
EpithetAnatomist
ActivitySpecialised in primatology. Studied at Birmingham University, taking primary medical degrees in 1924 already having won the Ingleby Scholarship in Midwifery. Lecturer in zoology 1924, lecturer in anatomy 1925-30. MD 1925. Professor of Anatomy, Ceylon Medical College 1930-45. Reader in Anthropology, Edinburgh University 1945-50. Prosector, Zoological Society of London 1950-62. Assistant Director, Yerkes Primate Research Centre 1962-[retirement]. Visiting professor, Emery University, Georgia 1957-58. On retirement became Hunterian Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons. Remainder of life divided between Folkestone and University of Turin.
RelationshipsMarried Yvonne Stranger 1947.
Catalogue
RefNoTitle
DF/ZOO/232/12/8/6Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1962, H-I
DF/ZOO/234/54Hill, W C Osman: on primate skeletons
DF/ENT/340/16/10Osgood - Oxford
DF/ZOO/232/12/4/18Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1956, Z
DF/ZOO/200/153/41Hill, William Charles Osman
DF/ZOO/230/120/5Board of Trade, part 1
DF/ZOO/230/120/74Zoological Society of London
DF/ZOO/230/85/17Hill, Dr W.C.Osman
DF/ZOO/232/12/4/38Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1957, X Y Z
DF/ZOO/232/12/5/15Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1958, X-Z
DF/ZOO/232/12/6/4Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1960, H
DF/ZOO/232/12/10/6Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1964, G-H
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