Dr. Alexander Peddie

Alexander Peddie FRSE FRCPE LLD (3 June 1810 – 19 January 1907) was a Scottish physician and author. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1877 until 1879, and was co-founder of Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.[1]

Life

The Peddie monument, Warriston Cemetery

He was the son of Rev Dr James Peddie DD, born at Bristo Street in Edinburgh. He attended the school of William Lennie and Edinburgh High School. After four years as a bank clerk, he became an apprentice to the Edinburgh surgeon James Syme. He obtained an M.D. degree from University of Edinburgh in 1835.[2]

In 1846 Peddie was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as president in 1890.[3]

Peddie died at his home at 15 Rutland Street, in the West End of Edinburgh, on 19 January 1907.[4] He is buried with his parents in Warriston Cemetery in northern Edinburgh. His monument is a small granite stone behind the large Peddie monument (on its north side). His nephew, the architect John Dick Peddie, lies adjacent.

References

  1. ↑ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alexander Peddie, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.S.E., Etc., Edinburgh". The British Medical Journal. 1 (2405): 291–293. 1907. ISSN 0007-1447.
  3. ↑ Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933). A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society. T&A Constable, Edinburgh.
  4. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1906
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