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Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Born in Bailie Fyfe's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, Alexander Morison was the son of a lawyer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and then apprenticed to Dr Alexander Wood at the age of 15. He graduated with…

Oil on canvas, 44 x 33 cm

Alexander Peddie (1810–1907), the son of an Edinburgh minister, was educated at Edinburgh High School. He was encouraged to become a doctor by Dr John Abercrombie, Scotland's leading physician in the early nineteenth…

Oil on canvas, 71.2 x 53.3 cm

Alexander Russell Simpson (1835–1916) was born in Bathgate and educated at Bathgate Academy. He obtained an MD from Edinburgh University and then carried out postgraduate study in Berlin, Halle, Wurzburg and…

Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 144.8 cm

Born in Cupar, Fife, Alexander Wood was one of the first pupils of Edinburgh Academy. He graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1839.

Dr Wood conducted a general practice in the New Town of Edinburgh and…

Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 cm

Alexander Ziegler was a general practitioner and obstetrician who practised from 30 Buccleuch Place. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1816 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in…

Oil on canvas, 71 x 78.7 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Andrew Combe was the son of George Combe, a brewer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and attended classes in Latin and Greek at Edinburgh University.

At the age of 15 he commenced…

Oil on canvas, 109 x 115 cm

Educated at Perth Academy, 'Tony' Toft graduated with a MB ChB from Edinburgh in 1969. After junior hospital posts in Edinburgh and experience of general practice in Islay and Orkney he was appointed a Ciba Research…

Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 60.9 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Archibald Pitcairne was the son of Alexander Pitcairne. He was educated in Dalkeith and Edinburgh University, graduating with an MA in 1671. He studied botany, pharmacy and materia medica and…

Oil on wood, 76.2 x 63.5 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Archibald Pitcairne was the son of Alexander Pitcairne. He was educated in Dalkeith and Edinburgh University, graduating with an MA in 1671. He studied botany, pharmacy and materia medica and after…

Oil on canvas, 63 x 82 cm

Artist: William McTaggart