Daniel Rutherford Haldane

The grave of Daniel Rutherford Haldane, Dean Cemetery

Dr Daniel Rutherford Haldane FRSE PRCPE (27 March 1824 – 12 April 1887) was a prominent Scottish physician, who became president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1881.

Life

His was born in Edinburgh the son of Rev James Alexander Haldane by his second wife Margaret Rutherford, a daughter of Professor Daniel Rutherford. He was educated at the High Scholl in Edinburgh then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University graduating in 1848. He then did further postgraduate study at Vienna and Paris.

He became Resident Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and also served at the city's Dispensaries. He taught various medical subjects at the university. He became Pathologist and Consulting Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1846 he served as P:resident of the Royal Medical Society and President of the Harveian Society in 1880.

In 1867 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Hutton Balfour. Edinburgh University awarded him a second honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1883.[1]

From 1879 to 1882 he served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

He died on 12 April 1887 at his home 22 Charlotte Square[2] and is buried in the north-west section of the original sections of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.

Family

On 17 September 1856 he married Charlotte Elizabeth Lowthrop (died 11 September 1908), daughter of James Lowthrop of Welton Hall.

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 Directory 1886-7
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