Archibald McKendrick
Dr Archibald McKendrick LDS FRSE DPH (1 June 1876 – 2 November 1960) was a Scottish dentist and radiologist. He was one of the first people in Britain to use X-rays in dentistry.
Archibald McKendrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1876 |
| Died | 2 November 1960 (aged 84) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Dentistry, Radiology |
Life
He was born in Kirkcaldy in Fife on 1 June 1876, the son of James D. McKendrick, dental surgeon. He followed in his father's footsteps and qualified as a Dentist in Edinburgh in 1899. In 1907 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
From 1909 he was working as Surgeon/Dental Surgeon in charge of Radiology under Dawson Turner with William Hope Fowler at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He was then living at 27 Chalmers Street next to the Infirmary.[1] In 1914 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Arthur Robinson, Henry Harvey Littlejohn, David Berry Hart, and Thomas William Drinkwater.[2]
He died in Edinburgh on 2 November 1960 aged 84.
Family
In 1909 he married Gertrude Maud Smith.
References
- Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911-12
- 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 8 July 2017.