John Stewart Cameron was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 5 July 1934.

[1] He undertook his medical training at Guy's Hospital and spent the large part of his career there and at King's College Medical School, into which it was merged.

[2] He also worked on kidney transplantation, and wrote on the history of nephrology.

Cameron was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 New Year Honours, "For services to Nephrology",[8] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).

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