Baird, William (1803–1872), zoologist and physician, was born at Eccles, Berwickshire, on 8 January 1803, a younger son of the Revd James Baird (d. 1814), then minister of Eccles, and his wife, Sarah. His older brother was the evangelical preacher John Baird (1799–1861)...
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Baird, William (1803–1872), zoologist and physician
R. E. Thompson
revised by Peter Osborne
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Edmondston, Laurence (1795–1879), ornithologist and physician
D. E. Allen
Edmondston, Laurence (1795–1879), ornithologist and physician, was born in Lerwick, Shetland, the youngest son of Laurence Edmondston, a surgeon in that town, and Mary Saunderson. His mother hailed from Buness on the fjord of Baltasound in the northernmost of the Shetland Islands, Unst...
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Jaeger, Gustav (1832–1917), physician, zoologist, and dress reformer
Anthea Jarvis
Jaeger, Gustav (1832–1917), physician, zoologist, and dress reformer, was born on 23 June 1832 at Bürg am Kocher, now part of the town of Neuenstadt, Germany, the younger son of Karl Friedrich Jaeger (1794–1842), priest and historian of Schwabia, and his wife, Ulrike (1795–1881)...
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Gustav Jaeger (1832–1917) by Hermann Brandseph private collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Manson, Sir Patrick (1844–1922)
Maker: Olive Edis
Sir Patrick Manson (1844–1922) by Olive Edis, c. 1905 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Manson, Sir Patrick (1844–1922), physician and parasitologist
J. W. W. Stephens
revised by Mary P. Sutphen
Manson, Sir Patrick (1844–1922), physician and parasitologist, was born on 3 October 1844 at Cromlet Hill, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, the second son of John Manson, laird of Fingask and manager of the local branch of the British Linen Bank, and his wife, Elizabeth Livingston...
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Saxby, Henry Linckmyer (1836–1873), physician and ornithologist
B. B. Woodward
revised by Patrick Wallis
Saxby, Henry Linckmyer (1836–1873), physician and ornithologist, was born on 19 April 1836 in London, where he was baptized at Mile End Old Town, Stepney, the second son in the family of six children of Stephen Martin Saxby (1884–1883), of the ...
