Daniel John Cunningham

After one year as Professor of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (in Dublin) he moved to the chair of Anatomy at Trinity College, Dublin, which he held from 1883 to 1903.

On the appointment of Sir William Turner to the post of Principal and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Edinburgh he was invited to succeed him as Professor of Anatomy and he held that post from 1903 until his death.

His proposers were Sir William Turner, John Hutton Balfour, Alexander Crum Brown, and James Bryce.

[13] He died unexpectedly at home, 18 Grosvenor Crescent in Edinburgh's West End, on 23 July 1909 and was buried with his wife, Elizabeth, and children near the eastern side of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, close to the Dean Gallery entrance.

[15] His eldest son Lt Col John Cunningham MD FRSE (1882–1968) was a physician and bacteriologist in the Indian Medical Service.