Johnson Symington

Johnson Symington FRS FRSE FZS LLD (1851–1924) was a British anatomist and zoologist.

From 1923 onwards Queen's University Belfast award a Symington Prize every year to junior anatomists in his honour.

His proposers were Sir William Turner, Ramsay Heatley Traquair, John Duncan and Robert Gray.

[5] In 1893 he accepted the post of Professor of Anatomy at Queen's College, Belfast, replacing Prof Peter Redfern.

[2] The college gave him an honorary doctorate (LLD) on his retiral in 1918 due to illness, at which point he returned to live in Edinburgh.

Johnson Symington
The macabre illustrated menu card for the farewell dinner to Professor Johnson Symington from the University of Edinburghin 1893
Symington's house at 2 Greenhill Park, Edinburgh
The grave of Johnson Symington, Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh