Monro, Alexander.
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Epithet: MD, Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh
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Epithet: Lieutenant -Colonel in Dumbarton's Regiment
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Alexander Monro, primus (1697-1767), physician, was born in London on 8 September 1697. He attended Edinburgh University, 1710-1713, before studying in London, Paris and Leyden. He was appointed Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University in 1720, and published his major work, Osteology, a treatise on the anatomy of the human bones, in 1726. Monro retired from his professorship in 1758, and died in Edinburgh on 10 July 1767.
From the guide to the Alexander Monro: Lectures, 18th century, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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