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date: 31 May 2020

Christison, Sir Robert, first baronetlocked

(1797–1882)
  • Brenda M. White

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Christison, Sir Robert, first baronet (1797–1882), toxicologist and physician, was born in Edinburgh on 18 July 1797, the second son, and elder of twin sons, born to Alexander Christison (d. 1820), a master at Edinburgh high school, and later professor of Latin at ...

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