John Graham MacDonald Burt

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The grave of Dr John Burt, Dean Cemetery

Dr John Graham MacDonald Burt FRSE LLD (1809–1868) was an eminent Scottish physician and medical author.

Life

He was born on 3 March 1809, in Edinburgh as John Graham Burt. He added the name MacDonald upon marriage.

In the 1830s he is listed as a surgeon, living at 8 Bank Street in Edinburgh's Old Town.[1]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1845, his proposer being Prof Robert Christison.[2]He was president of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1865.[3]

He died on 9 February 1868. He was buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh, against the north wall of the original cemetery (backing onto the northern Victorian extension), with his wife Susanna Louisa MacDonald (1820-1877).

Family

His son was Major Norman MacDonald Burt of the Royal Artillery.

Academic offices
Preceded by President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
1863–1865 		Succeeded by
Dr John Smith

References

  1. ^ http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83399931&mode=transcription
  2. ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
  3. ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
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