David Kinloch (1560–1617) was a Scottish physician and poet.
Kinloch was imprisoned by the
Spanish Inquisition.
In Scotland, Kinloch was appointed a physician to the king on 21 March 1597.
James VI signed a lengthy Latin testimonial referring to Kinloch's kinship to Ramsay and Lindsay of
Edzell families.
Kinloch married Grizzel Hay, the heiress of the lands of Gourdie. He owned the estate of Aberbothrie in
Alyth
Alyth () ( gd, Ailt) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, northeast of Blairgowrie and about northwest of Dundee. In 2016 the town had an estimated population of 2,400.
First mentioned by name in a 12th-century royal charter of Willia ...
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His portrait, dated 1614, is displayed at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
Tayside Medical History Museum Art Collection - The Kinloch Portrait
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Kinloch published a medical treatise in Latin verse, ''De hominis procreatione, anatome, ac morbis internis'' (Paris, 1596).
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1560 births
1617 deaths
Scottish obstetricians
Court of James VI and I
Court physicians
17th-century Scottish medical doctors
16th-century Scottish medical doctors
Neo-Latin poets
Scottish poets