Lectures and Correspondence of Professor Robert Whytt (1714-1766) 18th century

Whytt, Robert, 1714-1766

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Lee J fl. 1800

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Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix F

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Edinburgh university

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Robert Burns Young was born in 1874. He was a graduate of Edinburgh University. He took the degree of M.A. and he also took the degree of M.D. His publications include The life and work of George William Stow, South African geologist and ethnologist (1908) and The Banket: a study of the auriferous conglomerates of the Witwatersrand and the associated rocks (1917). From the guide to the The Young Medals, 1899-1935, (Edinburgh University Library) ...

Whytt, Robert; Lee, J; Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix, F

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Robert Whytt was born in Edinburgh on 6 September 1714. He studied at St. Andrews University where he was awarded an M.A. in 1730, then he studied medicine at Edinburgh University. In 1734 he went to London to study and also attended lectures in Paris and Leiden. In 1736 he took the degree of M.D. at Rheims and in 1737 received a similar one from St. Andrews. In 1738 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and began practicing as a physician. In 1747, Whytt was appoin...