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Goodsir, John, 1814-1867 (4)

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John Goodsir, surgeon, of Largo; John Goodsir, surgeon, of Anstruther; Professor John Goodsir, 1814-1867 (1)

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The family of Goodsir had been settled on the east coast of Fife for several generations and the name was said to have been German. John Goodsir was born in Anstruther, Fife, on 20 March 1814. Goodsir was the son of Dr. John Goodsir of Anstruther and the grandson of Dr. John Goodsir of Largo in Fife. He was educated in Anstruther and then at St. Andrews where he followed four years of an Arts course but did not take a degree. In 1830 he was apprenticed to an Edinburgh surgeon-dentist and at t...

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Home, James; Lee, J; Lizars, John; Goodsir, John; Forbes, W. W. (1)

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James Home was born in 1760. He was the son of Professor Francis Home (1719-1813). He graduated from Edinburgh University, and his dissertation published in 1781 was entitled Dissertatio ... de scorbuto . In 1798 he succeeded his father as Professor of Materia Medica at Edinburgh University. He was so successful that he raised attendance in his classes sixfold. On the death of Dr. James Gregory (1753-1821) he received the Chair of Physic, a post he held less successfully. Home was President o...

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