The name Lizars is best known as a family of artists and engravers of Scottish origin:
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Daniel Lizars Sr. (1754–1812), engraver and editor, father of:
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John Lizars
Prof John Lizars FRSE (15 May 1792–21 May 1860) was a Scotland, Scottish surgeon, anatomist and medical author.
He was Professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and senior surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. ...
(c.1787–1860), Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons,
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William Home Lizars
William Home Lizars (1788 – 30 March 1859) was a Scottish painter, engraver and publisher.
Life
The son of Daniel Lizars, and brother of the surgeon John Lizars, he was born at Edinburgh in 1788, and was educated at the high school there. ...
(1788–1859), engraver, artist, and editor
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Daniel Lizars (1793–1875), his son, engraver and editor.
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