Sir William Allan Jamieson PRCPE LLD (1839–1916) was a Scottish physician and academic author. He served as President of the

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a medical royal college in Scotland. It is one of three organisations that sets the specialty training standards for physicians in the United Kingdom. It was established by Royal charter ...

1908 to 1910 being succeeded by Sir Byrom Bramwell.

Life

He was born in Dreghorn in

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on 1 April 1839, the son of John Campbell Jamieson and Mary Young. In 1903 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club. In 1907 he was created a Knight of Grace of the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John. In 1908 he was created Surgeon to the

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by the King. He lived at 35

Charlotte Square 300px, Robert Adam's palace-fronted north side Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended ...

in EdinburghEdinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911-12 (one of Edinburgh's most prestigious addresses) and died there on 21 April 1916. The house now forms part of a hotel. He is buried in the northern Victorian extension to

Dean Cemetery The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on ...

Publications

*''Diseases of the Skin'' (1901) *''The Care of Skin in Health'' (1912)

Artistic Recognition

He was painted in the uniform of the

by Thomas Martine Ronaldson (1881–1942). The portrait hangs in the

. Ronaldson was a neighbour's son, living at 8 Charlotte Square.

References

1839 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Scottish medical doctors 20th-century Scottish medical doctors Scottish medical writers Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish non-fiction writers People from Dreghorn {{Scotland-med-bio-stub