12 Facts About George Rolleston

George Rolleston was an English physician and zoologist.

George Rolleston was the first Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology to be appointed at the University of Oxford, a post he held from 1860 until his death in 1881.

George Rolleston was born at Maltby Hall, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, England.

George Rolleston's parents were Rev George Rolleston and Anne Nettleship; his brother, William Rolleston, became a prominent politician in New Zealand.

George Rolleston's research included comparative anatomy, physiology, zoology, archaeology and anthropology.

George Rolleston became FRCP in 1859, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 June 1862, and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, in 1872.

George Rolleston was a member of the Council of the Oxford University, its representative in the General Medical Council, and an active member of the Oxford Local Board.

In 1861, George Rolleston married Grace, daughter of John Davy FRS and niece of Sir Humphry Davy; they had seven children.

George Rolleston had gone to Italy and France to seek treatment but returned to England a week prior to his death after his condition did not improve and finding out that Grace was seriously ill.

George Rolleston was one of the organisers for the meeting: he arranged for Huxley to stay at Christ Church during the meeting, and to have a crocodile skull in Huxley's room for study.

George Rolleston was an Anglican, but a liberal in his religious beliefs, as was Huxley's other supporter in the brain debate, William Henry Flower.

George Rolleston was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1869.