William Alexander Francis Browne

Biographical Summary

BROWNE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER FRANCIS. ?-02/03/1885. Ref: 218. Male.

• Place of Birth: Nr. Stirling.
• Place of Death: Dumfries.
• Profession: Alienist.
• Appointments Held: Medical Superintendent, Hospital for Insane, Montrose; First Superintendent 1839-57, Dumfries Institution (later Crichton Royal Hospital); First Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland,1857-.
• Schools and Tutors: Stirling High School.
• Undergraduate Studies: MD (Edinburgh 1826).
• Postgraduate Studies: LL.D.
• Marital Status: Married Magdalene Howden Balfour.
• Family: Son Sir James Crichton-Browne FRSE 1840-1938.
• Other Family: Brother-in-law of John Hutton Balfour FRSE 1808-84 and Uncle of Sir Isaac Bailey Balfour FRSE 1853-1922.
• References: B.M.J. 1885,(1),568; A Boyle et. al. Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 4, 1983.
• Memberships: LRCPE, Royal Medical Society (President).
• Date of Election: 07/01/1861.
• Proposers: John Hutton Balfour (Billet 3/12/1860, 17/12/1860).
• Resigned/Removed/Election Cancelled/Not Admitted: Resigned.
• Date of Resignation: resigned 1869-71.
• Notes: born 1805.
• 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. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 126
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