Archibald Robertson (physician)
Archibald Robertson | |
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| Born | 3 December 1789 Cockburnspath, Scotland |
| Died | 19 October 1864 (aged 74) Clifton, Bristol, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1808–1815 |
| Rank | Ship's Surgeon |
| Battles / wars | Napoleonic Wars War of 1812 |
| Other work | Physician and writer |
Dr Archibald Robertson FRS FRSE (3 December 1789 – 19 October 1864) was a Scottish physician and medical author who had a notable naval career, followed by a long private practice.[1]
Biography
Robertson was born at Cockburnspath, near Dunbar, on 3 December 1789, and educated at Duns school, and afterwards by Mr. Strachan in Berwickshire.
He studied Medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating MB ChB in 1908. He then obtained a post as an assistant surgeon in 1808, being appointed to Mill Prison hospital for French prisoners at Plymouth. In 1809 he was in Lord Gambier's flagship Caledonia in Basque roads, when Lord Dundonald tried to burn the French fleet. He then served in the Baltic, and afterwards in the West Indies, in the Persian and the Cydnus, besides boat service in the attempt on New Orleans. At the peace of 1815 with the United States he went on half-pay, having received a medal with two clasps.[1]
He gained his doctorate (MD) from Edinburgh in 1817, his thesis being on the dysentery of hot climates.
In 1818 he settled in Northampton, where he obtained a lucrative practice. In 1820 he was elected physician to the Northampton infirmary. In 1853 he retired to Clifton. On 11 February. 1836 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and in the same year became a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1] In 1844 he served as President of the British Medical Association.[2]
He died at 11 West Mall, Clifton, Bristol, on 19 October 1864.
Family
He was married to Lucy.[3] Their children included the Rev. George Samuel Robertson (1825–1874), M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, the father of Archibald Robertson (1853–1931), bishop of Exeter.[1]
Family
He was married to Lucy.[4] Their children included the Rev. George Samuel Robertson (1825–1874), M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, the father of Archibald Robertson (1853–1931), bishop of Exeter.[1]
Publications
Robertson wrote:[1]
- De Dysenteria regionum calidarum (1817)
- Medical Topography of New Orleans, with an Account of the Principal Diseases that affected the Fleet and Army of the late unsuccessful Expedition against that City (1818)
- Conversations on anatomy, physiology, and surgery (1827);[5] then 1832.[6]
- A Lecture on Civilisation (1839)
He also contributed to John Forbes's Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, 1833–5, 4 vols.
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
- ^ https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-George-Samuel-Robertson/6000000042492677180
- ^ https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-George-Samuel-Robertson/6000000042492677180
- ^ Robertson, Archibald. "Conversations on anatomy, physiology, and surgery". Oxford Libraries Online. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ Robertson, Archibald (1832). Conversations on Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart. p. 456.
- Bibliography
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Boase, George Clement (1896). "Robertson, Archibald (1789-1864)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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