Diarmid Noel Paton

Diarmid Noel Paton, FRS, FRSE (19 March 1859 – 30 September 1928), known as Noel Paton, was a Scottish physician and academic. From 1906 to 1928, he was the Regius Professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow.[1]

Diarmid Noel Paton
37 Drummond Place, Edinburgh

Early life and education

Paton was born at 37 Drummond Place[2] in Edinburgh's New Town, the son of the distinguished artist Joseph Noel Paton and his wife, Margaret Ferrier. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, and graduated with a BSc in 1880 and MB, CM, along with first-class honours in 1882.[3]

Career

Paton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1886. His proposers were William Rutherford, Andrew Douglas Maclagan, Sir William Turner and Peter Guthrie Tait. He served as Vice President of the Society 1918 to 1921. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914.[4]

He died while walking along the banks of the River Tweed near his home at Stobo in the Scottish Borders on 30 September 1928.[5]

Family

In 1898 he married Agatha (Agate) Henrietta Balfour. They were parents to Donald Noel Paton and Olivia Campbell Paton.[6]

References
  1. "Noel Paton". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. Edinburgh Post Offivce Directory 1859
  3. Paton, Diarmid Noel (1885). On the relationship of urea formation to bile secretion (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/24212.
  4. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  5. "DIARMID NOEL PATON, B.Sc., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S". Br Med J. 2 (3536): 679–80. 1928. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.3536.679. PMC 2456580. PMID 20774200.
  6. https://www.geni.com/people/Diarmid-Noel-Paton/4934675611840107485
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