Dr John Graham MacDonald Burt

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LLD (1809–1868) was an eminent Scottish physician and medical author.

Life

He was born on 3 March 1809, in Edinburgh as John Graham Burt. He added the name MacDonald upon marriage. In the 1830s he is listed as a surgeon, living at 8 Bank Street in Edinburgh's Old Town. In 1843 he was elected a member of the

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1845, his proposer being

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. In 1846 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1865. He died on 9 February 1868. He was buried in

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in western Edinburgh, against the north wall of the original cemetery (backing onto the northern Victorian extension), with his wife Susanna Louisa MacDonald (1820-1877).

Family

His son was Major Norman MacDonald Burt (1842-1886) of the

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Artistic recognition

A bust of Burt by George MacCallum is held at the

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References

1809 births 1868 deaths Medical doctors from Edinburgh British surgeons Scottish medical writers Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh {{Scotland-med-bio-stub