[1] His first published paper appeared in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1905, and concerned the crystallisation of potassium hydrogen succinate.
[1][3] He subsequently spent a year at the Technical High School[1] (or Polytechnic Institute[3]) in Karlsruhe, Germany, under Fritz Haber.
[1][3] Working under Professor Swale Vincent,[1][3] Cameron fostered an interest in endocrinology, researching the distribution of iodine in living tissues.
[3] In addition to his academic duties, Cameron also served as chairman of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada from 1934 to 1947,[5] a role for which he was awarded a C.M.G.
[6] His favourite hobby was stamp collecting, a pursuit which "gave limitless scope for his methodical ways and zest for minutiae.