Daniel Rutherford Haldane

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PRCPE LLD (27 March 1824 – 12 April 1887) was a prominent Scottish

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, who became president of the

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in 1881.

Life

His was born in

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the son of Rev

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by his second wife Margaret Rutherford, a daughter of Professor

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. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh then studied medicine at the

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, graduating in 1848. He then undertook further postgraduate study in

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and

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. He became Resident Physician at the

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and also served at the city's Dispensaries. He taught various medical subjects at the University of Edinburgh. He became Pathologist and Consulting Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1846 he served as President of the Royal Medical Society and President of the Harveian Society in 1880. In 1867 he was elected a Fellow of the

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his proposer was

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. The University of Edinburgh awarded him a second honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1883. In 1867 he was also elected a member of the

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and in 1877 became its Honorary Secretary. He remained in this role until his death. From 1879 to 1882 he served as President of the

. He died on 12 April 1887 at his home 22

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and is buried in the north-west section of the original sections of

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Family

On 17 September 1856 he married Charlotte Elizabeth Lowthrop (died 11 September 1908), daughter of James Lowthrop of Welton Hall. * Charlotte Wilhelmina Lowthrop Haldane * (1857–?) * Margaret Harriet Rutherford Haldane * Edith Millicent Haldane, (1861–1862) * Alice Mary Haldane, (1861–?) * General Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane (1862–1950) * Anne Evelyn Haldane, (1864–?) married Charles John Haldane Hogg, son of Sir

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Artistic recognition

A bust of Haldane by Charles McBride is held at the

References

* 1824 births 1887 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Daniel Rutherford 19th-century Scottish medical doctors Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh {{Scotland-med-bio-stub