Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1st Baronet, FRS, HFRSE D.Sc. was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne, and a member of a well known Northumbrian family. Burdon-Sanderson was notable for forming a correct theory of contagion in 1866.
- Occupation
- physician, university teacher, physiologist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 21, 1828
- Died
- November 23, 1905