Alexander Keiller (physician)
Alexander Keiller FRSE LLD (1811 – 26 September 1892) was a Scottish physician and gynaecologist who served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1875–77.
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Early life
Alexander Keiller was born in Arbroath on 11 November 1811 the fourth child of John Keiller (born 1768), a merchant[1] and his wife, Isabella Anderson.[2][3]He lived at 30 Northumberland Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[4]
In 1865 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Croxen Archer.[1]
He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1849 and was President from 1875 to 1877.[3] He received an honorary doctorate (LLD) from St Andrews University in 1886.
He died in North Berwick on 26 September 1892.[3] He is buried with his daughters in Warriston Cemetery in the north of Edinburgh.[1] The partly toppled monument lies in the area west of the sealed eastern entrance.
Family
He married Maria Elizabeth Roy in 1846.[5]
References
- Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- "Dr Alexander Keiller (1811-1892)". Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- "Alexander Keiller, M.D., LL.D." British Medical Journal. 2 (1658): 795. 8 October 1892. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1658.795-a. PMC 2421183.
- Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1850–51
- "Family Search".