Briggs, Robert ♂
Education
M.A. and M.D. 30.7.1803 on testimonials signed by John Barclay M.D. and Thomas Thomson M.D., Edinburgh.
Professor of Medicine, St Andrews University 4.3.1811 - 10.7.1840 (died).
Birth/childhood
Baptised 14.11.1768 son of Allan Briggs, Scoonie and Anne Swan.
Career
Studied Edinburgh. L.R.C.S.E. 28.4.1788.
L.R.C.P.E. 18.12.1813. F.R.C.P.E. 3.5.1814.
Professor medicine, St Andrews University 4.3.1811 - 10.7.1840 (died). [University professor]
Bought estate of Gordonshall in 1825. Elected to St Andrews town council, 1833. Had a brother Allan whose 2nd son was a shipmaster in Leven and his son Allan Briggs (1841) was Prof. Briggs' heir. [Landowner] Stepfather of James [Symes] Struthers (1813).
Death
Died 10.7.1840. Aged 72 at death.
Sources
- UYUY452
- Fifeshire Jnl. 23.7.1840 p3
- Monumental inscription St Andrews Cathedral burial ground