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The name Lizars is best known as a family of artists and engravers of Scottish origin: * Daniel Lizars Sr. (1754–1812), engraver and editor, father of: ** John Lizars (c.1787–1860), Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, ** William Home Lizars (1788–1859), engraver, artist, and editor ** Daniel Lizars (1793–1875), his son, engraver and editor. {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lizars Sr
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given name), Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel (biblical figure), Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan (other), Dan, Danny) are common in both English language, English and Hebrew language, Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Grammatical gender#Personal names, Feminine versions (Danielle, Daniele, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lizars
Prof John Lizars FRSE (15 May 1792–21 May 1860) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist and medical author. He was Professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and senior surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He performed the first ovariotomy in Scotland in 1825. One of his pupils was Erasmus Alvey Darwin, older brother of Charles Darwin, in 1826 when both brothers were at the university. Besides authoring an early work on the dangers of tobacco, '' The Use and Abuse of Tobacco'', Lizars published a number of important and beautifully illustrated anatomical texts in the early 19th century. Life The son of Daniel Lizars Sr (1754–1812), a publisher and engraver, and his wife Margaret Home, he was born in 1792 at the "Backstairs" on Parliament Close in Edinburgh, off the Royal Mile. His siblings were: Jane Home Lizars, who later married Sir William Jardine; William Home Lizars; and Daniel Lizars. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Home Lizars
William Home Lizars (1788 – 30 March 1859) was a Scottish painter and engraver. Life The son of Daniel Lizars, and brother of the surgeon John Lizars, he was born at Edinburgh in 1788, and was educated at the high school there. His sister Jean (Jane) Home married Sir William Jardine. His father was a publisher and an engraver who had been a pupil of Andrew Bell, and engraved portraits as book illustrations. Lizars was first apprenticed to his father, from whom he learnt engraving, and then entered as a student under John Graham in the Trustees' Academy at Edinburgh, where he was a fellow-student with Sir David Wilkie. In 1812, on the death of his father, Lizars had to carry on the business of engraving and copperplate printing in order to support his mother and family. He employed the artists Horatio McCulloch and Daniel Macnee. Another employee was William Howison, mainly on small plates. George Aikman, father of George Aikman the painter, also worked for Lizars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
