John Arbuthnott, Scottish microbiologist and academic (died 2023)

John Arbuthnott (microbiologist)

Scottish microbiologist (1939–2023)

Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott was a Scottish microbiologist who was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011 and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.