John Anderson: University reformer

Almost a Legend – John Fry, Leading Reformer of General Practice

The title of this book would suggest that the reader would need to be in London and have a strong pair of walking boots at the ready. However while the book does provide a walking guide, it also makes an excellent read in its own right. This is because the author provides a fascinating insight into the historical development of healthcare which is relevant not only in London but in the country ...

Sir John Pringle: hospital reformer, moral philosopher and pioneer of antiseptics.

SCOTLAND has produced at least three medical men who can take their place beside the great Renaissance figures in versatility and breadth of learning. The late seventeenth century was adorned by Sir Robert Sibbald, the eminent physician, historian, geographer and naturalist. In the nineteenth century, Sir James Simpson excelled in a bewildering variety of activities ranging from archaeology to ...

Raspail, Scientist and Reformer

soil in which they were found but are the remains of animals living in the sea on whose bed the soil (sediment) was deposited. The latter paper is a summary of a projected further work which unfortunately never appeared. It is the Prodromus that contained the first statement of the Law of Superposition; and much more. 'If, in a certain stratum, we find great abundance of rushes, grass, pine con...

University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

The 2011 Benjamin Franklin Medal in computer and cognitive science presented to John R. Anderson

John R. Anderson is an international leader in the computational representation and simulation of human cognition. He is credited as having developed the first ‘‘cognitive architecture’’—a computational framework for specifying both the abilities and limitations of human behavior. Anderson has also made fundamental contributions in applying cognitive architectures to practical problems, most no...