John Gordon

Biographical Summary

Gordon, John. 19/04/1786-14/06/1818. Ref: 611. Male.

• Place of Birth: Forres, Morayshire.
• Place of interment: Greyfriars Cemy. Edinburgh.
• Profession: Physician,Surgeon, Anatomist.
• Appointments Held: Physician in Edinburgh; Lecturer, Anatomy and Physiology, The Extra-Academical School, Surgeon's Square, Edinburgh; Junior Surgeon 1814-18, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
• Undergraduate Studies: MD (Edinburgh 1805), anatomy in London 1805-7.
• Marital Status: Miss Rutherfurd.
• Family: Son John Thomson Gordon FRSE 1813-1865.
• Father: John Gordon, wine-merchant and banker, Forres.
• Other Family: Brother-in-law of Andrew Rutherfurd FRSE 1791-1854.
• References: D. Ellis "Memoir of The Life and Writings of John Gordon, MD, FRSE. Late Lecturer on Anatomy & Physiology in Edinburgh" Edinburgh and London. 1823; Biographisches Lexikon 2, 801; List of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, 339; Shapin 200; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 1,1981; W P Anderson 1931, 480.
• Memberships: FRCSE(1808), Royal Medical Society (President 1806).
• Date of Election: 1812.
• Proposers: Thomas Thomson, John Playfair, Thomas Allan (Minute 02/02/1811 NLS Acc10,000/4).
• Notes: Born some sources state 19/4/1788, Elected 1812.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). 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 368