1. David Prain was demonstrator of anatomy at the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1882 and 1883, and at the University of Aberdeen in 1883 and 1884.
14 Facts About David Prain
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In 1884 Prain was recommended to Sir George King, home on leave from his position as director of the Royal Botanic Garden at Calcutta and looking for a medical student with botanical interests to enter the Indian Medical Service.
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David Prain's proposers were Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan, Argyll Robertson, Alexander Crum Brown, and Sir William Turner.
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David Prain was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1906 Birthday Honours by King Edward VII.
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David Prain, who came from a humble background himself, was aware that his workers' grievances were well justified and went out of his way to find alternative positions in private employ for all those affected.
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Purdom appears to have continued the fight on principle and on a personal basis for another year until David Prain finally made it a case that his combative gardener Purdom had to go, or he himself would.
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David Prain was evidently a very fair and honourable man.
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David Prain served as President of the Linnean Society 1916 to 1919.
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David Prain died at Whyteleafe in Surrey on 16 March 1944.
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In May 1905, David Prain was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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David Prain was elected an International Member of both the American Philosophical Society in 1917 and the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1920.
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David Prain served as president of the Linnean Society from 1916 to 1919, president of the Association of Applied Biologists from 1920 to 1921 and president of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1924 to 1926.
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David Prain was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1925 and the Linnean Medal in 1935.
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In 1887 David Prain married Margaret Caird Thomson, daughter of Reverend William Thomson of Belhevie, south of Aberdeen.