James Gregory

Biographical Summary

Gregory, James. ?-02/04/1821. Ref: 640. Male.

• Place of Birth: Aberdeen.
• Place of Death: St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh.
• Place of interment: Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh.
• Profession: Physician, Classicist.
• Appointments Held: Professor 1776-89, Institutes of Medicine or Physiology, 1790-1821 Medicine, Edinburgh University.
• Schools and Tutors: Aberdeen Grammar School.
• Undergraduate Studies: Aberdeen University, MD (Edinburgh1774), Oxford & Leyden Universities.
• Marital Status: Married Isabella Macleod of Geanies.
• Family: Sons James Crawford Gregory, FRSE 1801-32 and William Gregory FRSE 1803-58.
• Mother: Hon. Elizabeth Forbes.
• Father: John Gregory MD.Professor, Practice of Medicine, Aberdeen.
• Other Family: Brother-in-Law of Sir George Steuart Mackenzie of Coul, FRSE 1780-1848.
• References: DNB 23 1890, 99-101; Anderson 2, 379-41; A.Grant, 2, 404; Shapin 207; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 1, 1981; W P Anderson 1931, 544-5.
• Memberships: FRCPE (President 1798-1801), Fellow of Institute of France.
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Service to the RSE: Councillor 1789-96, Councillor (Physical) 1812-13.
• Edinburgh Philosophical Society: Residential.
• Notes: Born January 1753. Died as a result of carriage accident.
• Fellow Type: OF.

James was part of a medical dynasty which included his father and grandfather, uncle, and two great nephews.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 384

Other References

• Wikipedia contributors, "James Gregory (physician)", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• BBC - Your Paintings - Professor James Gregory (1753–1821)
• Gill of Savock, Andrew John Mitchell. The families of Moir and Byres. Edinburgh : Scott & Ferguson, 1885. page 64