William Newbigging
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Sir William Newbigging FRSE FRCSEd FRGS (25 April 1773[1] – 23 October 1852) was a Scottish surgeon who served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1814 to 1816. He was a keen amateur geographer.
Life[]
He was born in Lanark in 1773 to Robert Newbigging and Jean Brownlee.[1] He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and was apprenticed to Dr Forrest Dewar at Hunters Square, just off the Royal Mile, around 1790.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1799 and served as their President in 1814. He became a member of the Harveian Society in 1815 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1824, his proposer was Robert Jameson. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1838.[3]
He lived with his wife and family at 29 Heriot Row, in a large Georgian townhouse in the Edinburgh's New Town.[4]
He died aged 79 on 2 October 1852 at 29 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, and is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in central Edinburgh[5] in the western extension close to the grave of his colleague Dr John Gordon.
Family[]
He married Lilias Stewart on 8 August 1801 at Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland, She died on 26 August 1832 in Edinburgh. Their many children included Patrick Newbigging, John Steuart Newbigging and Dr George Stewart Newbigging.[6]
Artistic Recognition[]
He was painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1838. The painting hangs in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The painting was engraved by for multiple reproduction.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1790-91
- ^ 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.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1851-52
- ^ "Sir William Newbigging (Unknown-1852) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow. Library (1874). List of fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh [electronic resource] : from the year 1581 to 31st December 1873. University of Glasgow Library. Edinburgh : Printed by George Robb.
- ^ "Sir William Newbigging - Person - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- 1773 births
- 1852 deaths
- Scottish surgeons
- People from Lanark
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Knights Bachelor
- Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard
- Scottish medical biography stubs