William Burke

William Burke

male, deceased (1829)
William Burke (1792 - January 28, 1829) was an Irish-Scots serial killer who, along with William Hare committed a notorious series of murders in...
Benjamin Bell

Benjamin Bell

male, deceased (1806)
Dr Benjamin Bell (1749 - 1806) was a Scottish surgeon. Bell was born in Dumfries and educated in that town. His family owned Blackett House in...
John Lizars

John Lizars

male, deceased (1860)
John Lizars (c. 1787-1860) was a Scottish surgeon. He was professor of surgery at Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, who performed the first...

James Douglas

male, deceased (1918)
James S. Douglas (1837-1918) was born in Quebec City. His Scottish-born father, Dr. James Douglas, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, had...
John Goodsir

John Goodsir

male, deceased (1867)
John Goodsir (March 20, 1814-March 6, 1867) was a Scottish anatomist, born at Anstruther, Fife, Scotland. Goodsir was trained at St Andrews and...
William MacGillivray

William MacGillivray

male, deceased (1852)
William MacGillivray (January 25, 1796 - September 4, 1852) was a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist. MacGillivray was born in Aberdeen and...

John Abercrombie

male, deceased (1844)
John Abercrombie (born October 10, 1780 in Aberdeen; died November 14, 1844 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish physician and philosopher. The son of the...
Asrat Woldeyes

Asrat Woldeyes

male, deceased (1999)
Professor Asrat Woldeyes (June 20, 1928 - May 14 1999) was the first Ethiopian trained to practice surgery, a Professor of Medicine at Addis Ababa...
Colin Lauder

Colin Lauder

male, deceased (1831)
Dr Colin Lauder, (b. 1750; d. October 25, 1831, Worlds End Close, Edinburgh) was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and a...