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Thomas Keith (surgeon)
Thomas Keith Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, FRCSEd (27 May 1827 – 9 October 1895 ) was a Victorian era, Victorian surgeon and amateur photographer from Scotland. He developed and improved the wax paper process and his photographs are recognised for their composition and use of shade. He was an early practitioner of the operation of Oophorectomy, ovariotomy (ovarian cystectomy) where his published results were amongst the best in the world. Early life and education Thomas Keith was born in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire in 1827, one of seven sons of Rev. Dr. Alexander Keith (minister), Alexander Keith, a Church of Scotland minister, one of the 450 who broke away to form the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Scotland, an event known as the Disruption of 1843, Disruption of 1843. Rev Keith took an early interest in photography travelling with his elder son George Skene Keith (physician), George Skene Keith (1819-1910) to the Holy Land in 1844 where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Skeoch Cumming
William Skeoch Cumming (28 December 1864 Edinburgh – 10 April 1929 Edinburgh), was a Scottish watercolourist, mainly of portraits, military subjects and Scottish Military History. Between 1912 and his death, he turned his hand to the designing and production of four large tapestries. Life He was the fourth son of John Cumming (1824–1908), also an artist, and Jane Skeoch, who was a cousin of Horatio McCulloch. William enjoyed sketching exercises with his father before studies at the Edinburgh School of Art and the Royal Scottish Academy School, and began his art career at the Theatre Royal as a scene painter. His sketches on Scottish life appeared in the Black & White magazine of 1896. He served with the 19th Company Imperial Yeomanry (previously the East Lothian and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry) in the Boer War, commanded by Sir James Percy Miller (1864–1906), whose equestrian portrait he painted. On 23 February 1900 his company and two others boarded the ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
