John Graham MacDonald Burt

Dr John Graham MacDonald Burt FRSE LLD (1809–1868) was an eminent Scottish physician and medical author.

Burt in the Presidential gown of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Portrait of John Graham MacDonald Burt
The grave of Dr John Burt, Dean Cemetery

Life

He was born on 3 March 1809, in Edinburgh as John Graham Burt. He added the name MacDonald upon marriage.

In the 1830s he is listed as a surgeon, living at 8 Bank Street in Edinburgh's Old Town.[1]

In 1843 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1845, his proposer being Robert Christison. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1865. He died on 9 February 1868. He was buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh, against the north wall of the original cemetery (backing onto the northern Victorian extension), with his wife Susanna Louisa MacDonald (1820-1877).[3]

Family

His son was Major Norman MacDonald Burt (1842-1886) of the Royal Artillery.

Artistic recognition

A bust of Burt by George MacCallum is held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.[4]

References
  1. "(64) - Scottish Post Office Directories > Towns > Edinburgh > 1805-1834 - Post Office annual directory > 1832-1833 - Scottish Directories - National Library of Scotland". Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
  3. "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1783 – 2002" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. "Art Listing". www.rcpe.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.


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