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Oil on wood, 78.7 x 63.5 cm

James VI (1566–1625), son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, was born in Edinburgh Castle. On the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, he succeeded to the throne of England and reigned over Great Britain until…

Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 137 cm

James Young Simpson (1811–1870) was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, the youngest of seven sons of David Simpson, baker. His mother, Mary Jervay, was 40 when James was born, her eighth child; she died at the age of…

Oil on canvas, 104 x 79 cm

John Abercrombie was born in Aberdeen, the son of a Parish minister. He graduated with an MA from Marischal College and then went on to study medicine at Edinburgh, obtaining an MD in 1803. He was then a postgraduate…

Oil on canvas, 149 x 104 cm

Born in Kells in 1915, County Meath and graduating in medicine from Trinity College, University of Dublin in 1937, John Strong received his schooling at Monkton Combe School, Bath. He joined the Royal Army Medical…

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm

Born in the manse of Arbuthnot, Kincardineshire, John Arbuthnot (1667–1735) obtained an MA from Aberdeen in 1681. He obtained the first recorded MD from St Andrews University in 1696. Arbuthnot established himself…

Oil on canvas, 101.6 x 71 cm

Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, graduating in 1856, John Batty Tuke belonged to a Quaker family, several generations of which lived in the East Riding of Yorkshire. One branch of the family…

Oil on canvas, 77 x 63.5 cm

Born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, John Boswell studied medicine in Leyden, the last British student to be promoted by Herman Boerhaave. He obtained a MD from Leyden in 1736. He was elected President of the Royal College…

Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (estimated)

Born in Biggar, Lanarkshire, in 1828 John Brown was apprenticed to Mr Syme, FRCS, who taught surgery in the Extra-Mural School. He graduated with an MD in 1833 and started general practice in Edinburgh.…

Oil on canvas, 122 x 86.4 cm

Born in Biggar, Lanarkshire, in 1828 John Brown was apprenticed to Mr Syme, FRCS, who taught surgery in the Extra-Mural School. He graduated MD in 1833 and started general practice in Edinburgh.

In 1847 he became…

Oil on canvas, 75 x 116 cm

John Cash graduated from Edinburgh University in 1961 following his schooling at Ashville College, Harrogate. In 1969 he was awarded a World Health Organization Travelling Scholarship to the United States and shortly…