Sydney William Britton

Sydney William Britton
Competition: US & Canada
University of Virginia
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1937–38:
BRITTON, SYDNEY WILLIAM: Appointed for investigations of the function of the adrenal cortex and the kidney in primitive mammalian forms and in some of the primates; tenure, three months in the Spring of 1937 and three months in the Spring of 1938.
Born February 24, 1892, in England. Education: McGill University, B.S., 1922, M.D., C.M., 1924. National Research Council Fellow, Harvard University, 1924–26.
Instructor in Physiology, 1922–24, McGill University; Research Assistant in Physiology, 1924–26, Johns Hopkins University; Professor of Physiology, 1928—, University of Virginia.
Publications: Articles in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, American Journal of Physiology, Canadian Biology, Virginia Medical Monthly, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Physiological Reviews, Science, Endocrinology.