David Paton Cuthbertson was born in Kilmarnock in 1900 and educated at the University of Glasgow . He gained the qualifications BSc in 1921 ; MB ChB in 1926 ; DSc in 1931 ; and MD in 1937 . Cuthbertson became a clinical biochemist at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary from 1926-1934 and then a lecturer in physiological chemistry at the University of Glasgow between 1934-1945 . Cuthbertson was then the Director of the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen from 1945-1965 . He retired 1965 to Troon but remained senior research fellow at Glasgow Royal Infirmary between 1965-1989 . Cuthbertson was awarded a CBE in 1957 and was then knighted in 1965. He died in 1989 .
From the guide to the Papers of Sir David Paton Cuthbertson, 1900-1989, biochemist, Scotland, 1931-1978, (NHS Greater Glasgow Archive)
