Andrew Douglas Maclagan
1812–1900
Scottish surgeon and botanist. MD and fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1833; president, 1859–60. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1864; president, 1884–7. President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1863. Professor of medical jurisprudence and public health, University of Edinburgh, 1862–96. Surgeon-general of the Royal Company of Archers, 1868–1900. Knighted, 1886.
Source
Medical directory 1861–1901, Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Medical directory: The London medical directory … every physician, surgeon, and general practitioner resident in London. London: C. Mitchell. 1845. The London and provincial medical directory. London: John Churchill. 1848–60. The London & provincial medical directory, inclusive of the medical directory for Scotland, and the medical directory for Ireland, and general medical register. London: John Churchill. 1861–9. The medical directory … including the London and provincial medical directory, the medical directory for Scotland, the medical directory for Ireland. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
