Goodsir, John

Education

Student United College 1826-1827 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1827-1828 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Log.; Math. 1 1828-1829 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. 2; Ethics 1831-1832 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; N. Phil.; Chem.; Math. 3.

Birth/childhood

Born 14.3.1814 son of John Goodsir, surgeon, Anstruther and Elizabeth Taylor. [Doctor]

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - medical student 1830-1834.

F.R.S.E. 1842. F.R.S. 1846.

Professor of Anatomy, Edinburgh University 1846 - 6.3.1867 (died). [University professor]

Publications

Anatomical and pathological observations, by John Goodsir and Harry D.S. Goodsir. (Edinburgh: Myles Macphail, 1845)

Death

[Died 6.3.1867.]

Sources

  • DNB
  • R. Desmond, Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists (London, 1977) p257