Alexander Monro
c. 1814–83
Scottish Congregational pastor and hydropathic practitioner. Pastor of several Congregational churches in Scotland, circa 1840 – circa 1844; of Blackhills Evangelical Union Church, Aberdeenshire, circa 1844–64. Conducted a hydropathic establishment at Angusfield, 1850–1; at Lochhead, 1851–64. Medical superintendent at Cluny Hill hydropathic establishment, near Forres, Morayshire, 1864–9, 1873–81; at Waverley hydropathic establishment, Melrose, Roxburghshire, 1869–73; at Bishop’s Teignton, Devon, 1882–3. Author of works on hydropathy.
Source
McNaughton 1993, Metcalfe 1906.
Bibliography
McNaughton, William D. 1993. The Scottish Congregational ministry 1794–1993. Glasgow: Congregational Union of Scotland.
Metcalfe, Richard. 1906. The rise and progress of hydropathy in England and Scotland. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
