Alison, William Pulteney (1790–1859), physician and social reformer, born at Boroughmuirhead near Edinburgh on 12 November 1790, was the son of Archibald Alison (1757–1839), who was in charge of the Episcopal congregation in Edinburgh as well as being a noted author, and his wife, ...
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Alison, William Pulteney (1790–1859), physician and social reformer
L. S. Jacyna
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Cheyne, George (1671/2–1743), physician
Anita Guerrini
Cheyne, George (1671/2–1743), physician, was born at Methlick, Aberdeenshire, in 1671 or 1672 but was not baptized there until 24 February 1673. His father was James Cheyne, a tenant farmer at Auchencruive. Nothing is known of his mother. George Cheyne had a brother, ...
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Cockburn, William (1669–1739), physician
Charles Creighton
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Cockburn, William (1669–1739), physician, about whose early life nothing is known, proceeded MA at Edinburgh on 9 July 1688. The Dictionary of National Biography erroneously described him as a son of Sir William Cockburn of Ryslaw. His name occurs in the register of the ...
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Laycock, Thomas (1812–1876), physician
Michael Barfoot
Laycock, Thomas (1812–1876), physician, was born on 12 August 1812 at Wetherby, near York, the second of the four children of Thomas Laycock (c.1770–1833), a Wesleyan preacher, and his wife, the daughter of Mr Cattle, a landed Cheshire gentleman. Educated at the Methodist ...
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Pitcairne, Archibald (1652–1713), physician
Anita Guerrini
Pitcairne, Archibald (1652–1713), physician, was born in Edinburgh on 25 December 1652, the son of Alexander Pitcairne, merchant and magistrate, and his wife, Janet Sydserff (d. 1698). Alexander Pitcairne was registered as a burgess of Edinburgh in 1670, sponsored by Sir Archibald Sydserff...
