Robert Bowes Malcolm
Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm FRSE FRCPE (25 August 1807 – 6 June 1894) was a British physician. He was President of the Harveian Society 1856/7 and President of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. He founded the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. In an unusual secondary role he was official physician to Fettes College.[1]
Life
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He was born on 25 August 1807 the eldest son of Major John Malcolm of the East India Company. Early years were spent at Haughton-le-Skerne in County Durham. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh gaining his doctorate (MD) in 1831. In 1840 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
In 1841 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club.[2] In 1843 Malcolm was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1856.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1857. His proposer was William Swan.[4]
He died on at home, 10 Roseberry Crescent[5] in Edinburgh's West End on 6 June 1894. He was buried on 9 June in the small central southern sections of Dean Cemetery, facing the main southern path.
Family
[edit]In May 1832 he was married to Barbara Thatcher (1806–1880). She was the eldest daughter of Dr John Thatcher of 23 Elder Street[6] in Edinburgh.[7] Their children included John Vicary Thatcher Malcolm. They also had three daughters, including Eleanor Bowes Malcolm (born 1835). The children were painted by Mary Ann Heaphy.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dr. Robert Bowes Malcolm". The BMJ. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933). A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society. T&A Constable, Edinburgh.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1894–95
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office directory 1832
- ^ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Edinburgh 1832
- ^ "The four children of Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm by Mary Ann Heaphy on artnet". artnet.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.