J. W. Jenkinson Memorial Lectureship

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J. W. Jenkinson, 1901.

John Wilfred Jenkinson (1871–1915) was a pioneer in the field of comparative

W. F. R. Weldon at University College London.[1][2] He also travelled to Utrecht University in the Netherlands, to work with Ambrosius Hubrecht, and was exposed to new methods and approaches in embryology. In 1905, he was appointed the first lecturer in Embryology at the University of Oxford in England, and in 1909 published the first English textbook on experimental embryology [3] in which he summarized recent work in the emerging scientific discipline and criticized neo-vitalist theories of Hans Driesch.[2]

At the outbreak of war in 1914, Jenkinson joined the Oxford Volunteer Training Corps.

Gallipoli in June 1915, the University of Oxford established the John Wilfred Jenkinson Lectureship in his memory. The original statutes required the lecturer or lecturers, appointed annually, to deliver “one or more lectures or lecture demonstrations on comparative or experimental embryology”.[5]

Each year, a Board of Electors selects one or two Jenkinson Lecturers who are invited to Oxford to present a lecture in the broad area of developmental biology.

Nobel Laureates
(marked with *).

Holders of the J. W. Jenkinson Lectureship


Lectureship management

The lecturers are elected by an electoral board consisting of: the

Waynflete Professor of Physiology; Dr. Lee's Professor of Anatomy; and a member of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board elected by that board.[5]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e Goodrich, E.S. (1917). "Obituary notice: Captain J. W. Jenkinson MA DSc". Proceedings of the Royal Society. 89B: xlii-xliii.
  3. ^ Jenkinson, J.W. (1909) Experimental Embryology. Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ Marett, R.R. (1917) Biographical note. In Jenkinson, J.W. Three Lectures on Experimental Emrbyology. Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ a b c Statutes and Regulations of the University of Oxford http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/354-051a.shtml Archived 15 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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