Kerr, Sir John Graham. ( 1869-1957) Zoologist and Professor of Natural History, University of Glasgow, Scotland

John Graham Kerr was born at Rowley Lodge, Arkley, Barnet, England on 18 September 1869 . He was commonly known as Graham Kerr. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Scotland, and at the University of Edinburgh , where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy, before enrolling in the Medical Faculty. He interrupted his medical studies to join an Argentine expedition, led by Captain Juan Page. He returned to England in 1891 and entered Christ's College, Cambridge, gaining First Class Honours in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos ( 1894-1896 ).

In 1903, he married Elizabeth Mary Kerr and had two sons and one daughter. His first wife died in 1934, and in 1936 he married Isobel, the widow of Alan E Clapperton, LLD.

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