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Education and early life
Anderson was born the son of James Anderson and Betty Watson-Weatherborn.[2] He attended Duncombe School, Bengeo and Richard Hale School. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology at Imperial College London followed by a PhD in parasitology in 1971 with thesis titled A quantitative ecological study of the helminth parasites of the bream Abramis brama (L).[7][8] Most of Anderson's early career was at Imperial College, becoming Professor of Parasite Ecology in 1982. He was head of the Department of Biology from 1984 to 1993.[2] At Imperial College, he served as Director of the Wellcome Centre for Parasite Infections from 1989 to 1993. |