David Hepburn
CMG FRSE
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(1859-1931) was a Scottish physician and anatomist. He served as president of the
Anatomical Society The Anatomical Society (AS), previously known as the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland or ASGBI was founded in London in 1887 to "promote, develop and advance research and education in all aspects of anatomical science".
The society o ...
1916 to 1918.
Life
He was born in
Milnathort
Milnathort is a small town in the parish of Orwell in the county of Kinross-shire, Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of Perth and Kinross. The smaller neighbour of nearby Kinross, Milnathort has a population of around 2,000 peopl ...
on 30 October 1858, the son of John Hepburn, a local vet, and Elizabeth Dunn. He attended Brand's School in the town. He studied anatomy at the
University of Edinburgh
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(possibly intending to be a vet like his father, as the courses were parallel) but moved specifically to human anatomy and medicine, graduating around 1880. In 1885 he became a Senior Demonstrator in the
Professor William Turner's anatomy class: dissecting bodies while Turner spoke, a standard methodology for the time.
In 1890 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ...
. His proposers were
Andrew Douglas Maclagan
Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan PRSE FRCPE FRCSE FCS FRSSA (17 April 1812, in Ayr – 5 April 1900, in Edinburgh) was a Scottish surgeon, toxicologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence. He served as president of 5 learned societies: the Royal ...
,
Sir William Turner
Sir William Turner (7 January 1832, in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster – 15 February 1916, in Edinburgh) was an English anatomist and was the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1903 to 1916.
Life
Turner was born in Lancaster ...
,
Alexander Crum Brown
Alexander Crum Brown FRSE FRS (26 March 1838 – 28 October 1922) was a Scottish organic chemist. Alexander Crum Brown Road in Edinburgh's King's Buildings complex is named after him.
Early life and education
Crum Brown was born at 4 Bellev ...
and
John Chiene
John Chiene, CB, LLD, MD, FRSE, FRCSEd (25 February 1843 – 29 May 1923) was a Scottish surgeon, who was Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh during some of its most influential years. He was a founder of the Edinburgh ...
.
He continued as Senior Demonstrator at the University of Edinburgh until 1903 when he received his own professorship at the
University of Cardiff
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. His final years in Edinburgh were spent at 11 Glenorchy Terrace in the south side of the city.
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During the
First World War
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he was Surgeon-Colonel with the 3rd Western General Hospital in
Cardiff
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.
He died on 9 March 1931.
Family
He was married to Mary Carson, granddaughter of
Aglionby Ross Carson
Aglionby Ross Carson FRSE LLD (1780 – 4 November 1850) was an educationalist and author. He served as rector of the High School in Edinburgh from 1820 to 1845. His Latin texts remain in use. In texts he is usually referred to as A. R. Carson.
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.
References
1859 births
1931 deaths
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
19th-century Scottish medical doctors
20th-century Scottish medical doctors
British anatomists
Presidents of the Anatomical Society
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