Edmond Carlier
Dr Edmond William Wace Carlier FRSE FRES (1861 – 1940) was a leading Scottish physiologist and entomologist. He was the principal examiner in physiology for fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons from 1909 to 1914.
Life
He was born in Norwich the only son of Antoine Guillaime Carlier and his wife Marie. He was educated at the King Edward VI School in Norwich and then sent to the Lycee de Valenciennes in France.[1]
Later he graduated at Edinburgh University before also receiving a MSc degree from Birmingham University. From 1895 he acted as assistant lecturer in Physiology at Edinburgh University. In 1899 he received a professorship in Physiology from Birmingham University. He remained at Birmingham until he retired in 1927.
In 1898 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
In 1926 he was involved in the bicentenary celebrations of the Medical Faculty at Edinburgh University.[2] In his spare time he was a very keen butterfly collector.
He died at Morningside in Dorridge in Warwickshire on 2 September 1940.[3]
Family
In 1898 he married Hannah Culver (d.1929). They had two sons, Geoffroy Carlier and Stuart Edmond Wace Carlier (1899-1962). His daughter Gwendoline Isobel Maud Carlier was also an academic.
Positions Held
- Honorary Secretary of the Scottish Microscopical Society
- Chief Examiner in Physiology for England and Wales