Joseph Fairweather Lamb

Joseph Fairweather Lamb FRSE (1928–2015) was a 20th-century Scottish physician, who was emeritus Professor of the Chandos Chair of Physiology at the University of St Andrews.

He was born at Balnacake Farm near Brechin on 18 July 1928[1] the son of Joseph Lamb, a tenant farmer, and his wife, Agnes Fairweather.

He then studied medicine at University of Edinburgh, graduating MB ChB.

In 1969 he was appointed to the Chandos Chair of Physiology at the University of St Andrews and held the post for 24 years until 1993.

[4] He is buried in the modern northern extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.