Alexander Stevenson

Biographical Summary

Stevenson, Alexander. ?-29/05/1791. Ref: 1418. Male.

• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Place of Death: Glasgow.
• Profession: Physician.
• Appointments Held: General Medical Practice in Glasgow; Professor 1766-89, Practice of Medicine, Glasgow University.
• Undergraduate Studies: MD (Glasgow 1749).
• Marital Status: Married Jean Pickegg.
• Father: John Stevenson, physician, Edinburgh.
• Other Family: Uncle of Professor Thomas Charles Hope FRSE 1766-1844 (Shapin 438).
• References: Shapin 438; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage 3, 1982.
• Memberships: FFPSG (President 1757, 1773), Glasgow Literary Society.
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Edinburgh Philosophical Society: Non Residential.
• Notes: Born c.1726.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 882