David Hepburn CMG

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(1859-1931) was a Scottish physician and anatomist. He served as president of the

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1916 to 1918.

Life

He was born in

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on 30 October 1858, the son of John Hepburn, a local vet, and Elizabeth Dunn. He attended Brand's School in the town. He studied anatomy at the

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(possibly intending to be a vet like his father, as the courses were parallel) but moved specifically to human anatomy and medicine, graduating around 1880. In 1885 he became a Senior Demonstrator in the Professor William Turner's anatomy class: dissecting bodies while Turner spoke, a standard methodology for the time. In 1890 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

Andrew Douglas Maclagan Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan PRSE FRCPE FRCSE FCS FRSSA (17 April 1812, in Ayr – 5 April 1900, in Edinburgh) was a Scottish surgeon, toxicologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence. He served as president of 5 learned societies: the Royal ...

, Sir William Turner,

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and

John Chiene John Chiene, Order of the Bath, CB, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, FRCSEd (25 February 1843 – 29 May 1923) was a Scottish people, Scottish surgeon, who was Professor of Surgery ...

. He continued as Senior Demonstrator at the University of Edinburgh until 1903 when he received his own professorship at the

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. His final years in Edinburgh were spent at 11 Glenorchy Terrace in the south side of the city.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1900-01 During the

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he was Surgeon-Colonel with the 3rd Western General Hospital in

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. He died on 9 March 1931.

Family

He was married to Mary Carson, granddaughter of Aglionby Ross Carson.

References

1859 births 1931 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 19th-century Scottish medical doctors 20th-century Scottish medical doctors British anatomists Presidents of the Anatomical Society Companions_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George {{Scotland-med-bio-stub