Alexander Gillespie

Alexander Gillespie FRSE (c. 1784–1859) was a Scottish surgeon. He is one of the few persons to have ever served two non-consecutive periods serving as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1810 to 1812 and 1818 to 1820.

Biography

He was educated at Edinburgh University and worked at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Drummond Street.

In 1806 he is listed as a member of the Highland Society. In 1812 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas Allan, James Russell and Ninian Imrie.[1]

In 1818 he was living at 30 York Place in Edinburgh's New Town, a handsome Georgian terraced townhouse. Post Office Directories continue to show him here for many years but he is relabelled from surgeon to doctor in 1834 (surgeons were retired at 50 at this time).[2]

He died in Edinburgh on 1 September 1859.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directories 1818 to 1850


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