Arthur Keith was born in Old Machar, Aberdeen, on 5 Feb 1866. He graduated from Aberdeen University, MB, CM 1888, MD 1894, and was elected Rector there, 1930 - 1933. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1913 and knight bachelor in 1921. He was joint lecturer on Anatomy at London Hospital Medical School, and later museum conservator and Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1908 - 1933, and Fullerian Professor of Physiology, Royal Institution, 1917 - 1923. For further biographical details, including publications and membership of professional bodies see Who Was Who, 1951 - 1960 ; and obituary in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1955, 1, 145-161
From the guide to the Papers of Sir Arthur Keith (1866 - 1955), 1890 - c 1913, (University of Aberdeen)
