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Photograph of Walter Weir Galbraith

Walter Galbraith graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1914 with an MB, ChB. After serving during the First World War, Galbraith joined the surgical staff at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He remained at the Infirmary for the rest of his career, retiring from his position as Senior Consulting Surgeon in 1954.

Galbraith served as president of the College from 1950 to 1952.

Photograph of David Knox.

David Knox graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1872. He worked as a resident at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, after which he worked as a Demonstrator of Anatomy with Allen Thomson at Glasgow University until Thomson's retirement in 1877. He lectured in anatomy at several of Glasgow's institutues including Haldane's Academy of Art (precursor to the Glasgow School of Art) and the Royal Veterinary College.
In 1875 he became Dispensary Surgeon of the Glasgow Western Infirmary and also worked as part of the surgical staff of the Glasgow Eye Infirmary. He then moved on to become Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1892, becoming the first Professor or Surgery at St Mungo's College.

Knox was president of the College from 1909 to 1911.

Portrait of Peter Wright.

Wright gained his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1765, after which he was admitted to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He became the first President of Anderson's University after its foundation in 1796.

Wright was president of the College on several occassions; 1771 to 1773, 1777 to 1779, 1785 to 1787, 1795 to 1797, and 1804 to 1806.

Portrait of Ian Anderson wearing presidential robes and medal.

Anderson gained his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1975. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1979. He served as a member of the College council from 1993, becoming Treasurer in 2005, and President of the College from 2009 to 2012.

Photograph of Stanley Galbraith Graham.

Stanley Graham graduated MB from Toronto University in 1916. After undertaking further study in Vienna, Graham worked with Professor Leonard Findlay at the University of Glasgow in clinical paediatrics. In 1930 he began to work on the wards of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital. He was appointed to the Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health at the University of Glasgow in 1947.

Graham was president of the College from 1954 to 1956.

Photograph of John Barlow.

John Barlow graduated MB, CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1875. He gained his MD in 1879, however he previously qualified to practice after sitting the MRCS in London in 1874. He initially focused his career on physiology being the assistant to Professor McKendrick at the University of Glasgow and the first Muirhead Demonstrator in Physiology at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary School of Medicine. He was also the Professor of Physiology in St Mungo's College. and lectured in physiology at the Technical College, the predecessor to the University of Strathclyde.

He then focused his career on practicing surgery. He became Visiting Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1892, eventually becoming Honorary Consulting Surgeon to the Infirmary in 1913.

Barlow became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1881 and served as president from 1913 to 1915.

Photograph of Geoffrey B Fleming.

Geoffrey Fleming graduated from the University of Cambridge BC in 1908, MB in 1910 and MD in 1914. Fleming worked as House Physician at the Glasgow Western Infirmary and the Glasgow Fever Hospitals. He also worked as Dispensary Physician at the Western Infirmary. After the First World War, where he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Fleming became Assistant Physician and later Physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow. Upon his retiral he became Consulting Physician to this hospital. In 1924 he was appointed Professor of Medical Paediatrics at the University of Glasgow.

He became a Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1926 and was president from 1946 to 1948.

Photograph of J Souttar McKendrick.

John Souttar McKendrick studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and graduated MB, CM in 1896. He gained an MD in 1899 from the University and was awarded the University Gold Medal. He held Resident positions at both the Glasgow Western Infirmary and the Royal Maternity Hospital before he was appointed as a member of the Dispensary staff at the Glasgow Western Infirmary in 1900. He became Assistant Physician to the Infirmary in 1909, a position that he held until 1922.

McKendrick was president of the College from 1939 to 1940, stepping down a year early due to illness.

Photograph of Robert M Buchanan.

Robert MacNeil Buchanan graduated MB, CM from the University of Glasgow in 1888 and became a Fellow of the then Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1895. He was assistant to Joseph Coats, chair of Pathology at Glasgow, and ultimately went to Europe after he graduated to undertake further studies in pathology and bacteriology. He became the first Lecturer in Bacteriology at the University of Glasgow and First Assistant to the Professor of Pathology in 1892. He also held the position of Chair of Medical Jurispudence at Anderson's Medical College.

Buchanan was president of the College from 1925 to 1927.

Photograph of William Alexander Sewell.

William Sewell gained his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1909. Sewell held several surgical posts throughout his career. He was Visiting Surgeon to the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary and Assistant Dispensary Surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Sewell also worked as House Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Assistant Surgeon to the Glasgow Western Infirmary.

Sewell became a Fellow of the College in 1926 and was president from 1944 to 1946.

Photograph of William R Snodgrass.

William Snodgrass graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in 1912 and MBChB in 1913. Soon after he worked as a medical officer in France during the First World War. After the War he was appointed as an extra dispensary physician at the Glasgow Western Infirmary, also taking up general practice in 1919. He gained his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1935. In 1942 he became Physician to the Wards at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was also Visiting Consulting Physician to the Glasgow Eye Infirmary and Physician to the Southern General Hospital.

Snodgrass became a Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1920 , was Honorary Librarian from 1933 to 1946 and president from 1948 to 1950.

Photograph of James Hogg MacDonald.

James MacDonald graduated MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1899 and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1911.

MacDonald was president of the College from 1942 to 1944.

Photograph of Roy Frew Young.

Roy Frew Young graduated in arts and medicine from Cambridge University. He worked alongside Sir George Beatson at the Glasgow Western Infirmary and JB Mackenzie Anderson at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1909 he became part of the Junior Surgical staff at the Glasgow Western Infirmary.

He served in France with the RAMC during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross. After the War he became Assistant Surgeon to the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He also worked as Surgeon to the Royal Alexandra Infirmary and in 1924 he was made Visiting Surgeon to the Glasgow Western Infirmary.

Young was president of the College from 1940 to 1942.

Photograph of Dr John Henderson.

John Henderson graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1898 and began residency at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He joined the Visiting Staff of the Infirmary in 1902 after gaining his MD and in 1913 was appointed Physician of the Wards. As well as medical practice, Henderson had a passion for teaching medicine and worked for a time as Professor of Medicine at St Mungo's College. Henderson was made Consulting Physician of the Royal Infirmary in 1937 after stepping down from ward work.

He became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1910. Henderson was president of the College from 1937 to 1939.

Photograph of Archibald Young.

Archibald Young qualified MB,CM from the University of Glasgow in 1895 after which he spent time in Europe continuing his studies. After returning to Glasgow he worked under great mentors, including Joseph Coats and Sir William Macewen. He spent much of his career working at the Western Infirmary, gradually working his way up the surgical posts from Extra Dispensary Surgeon in 1903 to Visiting Surgery to the Infirmary in 1917.

He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1913 and was made Professor of Surgery at Anderson College. Young was Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1924–1939 and President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1935 to 1937.

Professor Young was president of the College from 1935 to 1937.

Photograph of Robert Barclay Ness.

Robert Barclay Ness graduated from the University of Glasgow MB, CM in 1887. After working for some time in private practice, he became Dispensary Physician to the Glasgow Western Infirmary in 1895. In 1910 he became Visiting Physician to the Western Infirmary and was made Honorary Consulting Physician to the Infirmary upon his retirement in 1928. He also worked as Visiting Physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

In 1893 he was appointed Professor of Materia Medica at Anderson College and in 1905 he became Professor of the Practice of Medicine.

Ness was president of the College from 1931 to 1933.

Photograph of James A Adams.

James Adams graduated from the University of Glasgow MB, CM in 1878 and gained his MD in 1881. He became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1878. He worked within the anatomy department at the University of Glasgow alongside Professor John Cleland, as well as working as Surgeon to Out-Patients at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He also worked as a general practitioner during this time in the West-End of Glasgow. In 1892 he was appointed as Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Adams performed research into the anatomical relations between cerebral absesses and aural diseases. This research in part led to Macewen's pioneering work in using the mastoid antrum to access cerebral accesses. During the First World War Adams worked alongside William Macewen at the Princess Louise Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers.

Adams was president of the College from 1911 to 1913.

Photograph of Professor John Munro Kerr.

John Munro Kerr graduated from the University of Glasgow MB CM in 1890 and began specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. He was made Professorial Assistant to Murdoch Cameron, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow, in 1894. This involved working at the University of Glasgow and on the wards of the Royal Maternity Hospital and the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was made Visiting Surgeon at the Maternity Hospital in 1900.

Munro Kerr was elected to the chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Anderson College in 1910, then taking Muirhead chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow in 1911. His Assistant at this time was Louise McIlroy.

Munro Kerr was president of the College from 1933 to 1935.

Photograph of John Freeland Fergus.

John Fergus was educated at the University of Glasgow where he graduated MA in 1833, MB, CM in 1888 and MD in 1897. He spent much of his professional career as a physician to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Freeland Fergus was part of a prominent medical family, his father being Dr Andrew Fergus and his brother being Andrew Freeland Fergus.

He served as President of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1929 to 1931.

Photograph of George H Edington.

George Edington started his medical training at King's College London, then continuing his studies at the Univeristy of Glasgow where he graduated MD in 1895.

He held the position of Professor of Surgery and Anatomy at both Anderson's College and the Western Medical School. He was assistant surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and also worked with Sir William Macewen at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was Honorary Physician to King George V from 1922 to 1927.

Edington was president of the College from 1927 to 1929.

Photograph of Professor Thomas K Monro.

Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro qualified in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1888, gaining his MD in 1895, going on to hold positions at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. After studying abroad for some time, Monro returned to Glasgow to become the pathologist at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He then worked as a physician at the Infirmary.

He was Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Medical Faculty at St Mungo's College. Then in 1913 he became Regius Professor of Practice of Medicine at the University of Glasgow.

Monro was president of the College from 1923 to 1925.

Black and white photograph of William Gibb Dun.

Willian Dun graduated from the University of Glasgow MB, CM in 1877 and gained his MD in 1880. He was House Physician to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and House Surgeon to the Western Infirmary. In 1881 he became assistant to the Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Glasgow, teaching students on the wards of the Western Infirmary.

Dun was president of the College from 1921 to 1923.

Black and white photograph of Mr Henry E Clark.

Henry Clark began his medical education at Anderson's College and the University of Glasgow, qualifying in 1870. He worked as Assistant Surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary. He was later promoted to Surgeon of both of these hospitals. He became Professor of Surgery at St Mungo's College in 1892.

He was made a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1876 and was president from 1903 to 1905.

Black and white photograph of Ebenezer Duncan.

Ebenezer Duncan received his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1870 and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1871.

He held his own private practice in the south side of Glasgow, where he campaigned for the establishment of a local hospital. The Glasgow Victoria Infirmary in the south side was opened in 1890. Duncan became Physician to the Infirmary and held this position until his retirement.

Duncan was president of the College from 1915 to 1918.

Black and white photograph of DR Andrew Fergus.

Andrew Fergus began his medical studies at King's College, London. In 1845 he gained a license to practice medicine by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1851 and received his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1866.

Fergus was president of the College from 1874 to 1877, and again from 1883 to 1886.

Black and white photograph of Robert Perry.

Robert Perry was the son of Robert Perry Snr, president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1843 to 1845. Perry Jr graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MD in 1851. After a time studying in Europe, Perry became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1858. He worked as a physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for over twenty years and worked at several Convalescent Homes around the city.

Perry was president of the College from 1889 to 1891.

Black and white photograph of Bruce Goff.

Dr Bruce Goff graduated from the University of Glasgow with an M.D. in 1853, after which he became a Fellow of the College and worked at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary as house surgeon under Dr Lawrie. After spending some time in Paris, he returned to Scotland and set up a practice in Bothwell.

Goff was president of the College from 1894 to 1897.

Photograph of Gavin B Shaw, standing in a group photo.

Gavin Shaw graduated from the University of Glasgow BSc in 1939 and MBChB in 1942. After serving in the Royal Naval Reserve during WW2, Shaw became Clinical Tutor in Medicine to the Regius Professor of the University of Glasgow. He held this position until 1948. He then became Senior Registrar in Medicine at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. In 1963 he became Consultant Physician and Cardiologist in charge of the wards at the Southern. He held this position until his retirement in 1984.

He was president of the College from 1978 to 1980.

Photograph of Archibald B Kerr, standing in a group photo.

Archibald Kerr graduated from the University of Glasgow in Medicine in 1929. Early in his career he was Surgeon to Out-Patients at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow and was assistant to Roy Frew Young.

In 1945, after the Second World War, he became Assistant Surgeon at the Wester Infirmary and was Surgeon to the Royal Alexandra Infirmary in Paisley the year after. Due to his work at Paisley, the hospital began to hold clinical classes for students at the University of Glasgow. From 1954 to his retirement in 1972 he worked as Consultant Surgeon in charge of the wards at the Western Infirmary.

Kerr was president of the College from 1964 to 1966.

Photograph of Past Presidents of the College.

Standing: James McArthur, Arthur Kennedy, Sir Thomas Thomson, Sir Donald Campbell, Mr Ian McGregor, Dr Gavin Shaw.

Front row: Dr Robert Hume, Professor Edward McGirr, Professor Norman MacKay, Sir Andrew Watt Kay, Sir Ferguson Anderson.

Portrait of Professor Frank Dunn wearing the presidential robes and medal.

Dr Dunn was educated at St Aloysius College and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated in Medicine in 1970. His postgraduate training was at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the University of Oklahoma. He subsequently was appointed as a staff physician at the Ochsner Medical Institutions in New Orleans and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Louisiana State University (1980-83).

He returned to Glasgow as a Consultant Cardiologist at Stobhill Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, and then became Clinical Director of Cardiology at Stobhill (1994-2000) and North Glasgow Hospitals (2000-2006) NHS Trusts.

Professor Dunn was President of the College from 2012 to 2015.

Photograph of James H Hutchison, seated wearing the President's robes and medal.

James Hutchison graduated from the University of Glasgow MBChB in 1934. In 1938 he became Assistant Visiting Physician at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow after working as there as the McCunn Research Scholar for two years. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War, returning to Glasgow afterwards to take up the position of Physician at the Sick Children's Hospital and Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Mternity Hospital. In 1961 he became the Samson Gemmell Professor of Child Health at the University of Glasgow.

He was President of the College from 1966 to 1968.

Photograph of Edward McCombie McGirr, seated wearing ceremonial robes.

Edward McGirr graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in 1937 and MBChB with honours in 1940. After serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War McGirr worked in the University Department of Medicine at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary following his interests in internal medicine, endocrinology and nuclear medicine. In 1961 he became the Muirhead Chair of Medicine at the University of Glasgow, becoming the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1974.

He was President of the College from 1970 to 1972.

Photograph of Sir Andrew Watt Kay, seated wearing the presidential robes and medal.

Andrew Watt Kay studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating MBChB with honours in 1939. He then gained his MD with honours in 1944 and ChM with honours in 1949. In 1956 he undertook the position of Consultant Surgeon at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He then suceeded Sir Charles Illingworth at the University of Glasgow as the Regius Professor of Surgery in 1964.

Kay was President of the College from 1972 to 1974.

Photograph of Sir W Ferguson Anderson, seated wearing the presidential robes and medal.

Ferguson Anderson graduated MCChB with honours from the University of Glasgow in 1936. and was awarded MD with honours in 1942. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW2 and was appointed a Major from 1941 to 1946. After the War he became Senior Lecturer in the Department of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the University of Glasgow. He was also Assistant Physician to the University Medical Clinic in Stobhill Hospital. After time working in Cardiff, Ferguson Anderson returned to Glasgow to take up the position of Physician in Geriatric Medicine to Stobhill Hospital and Adviser in Diseases of Old Age and Chronic Sickness to the Western Regional Hospital Board.

In 1961 he was awarded the OBE and was knighted in 1974.

Ferguson Anderson was President of the College from 1974 to 1976.

Photograph of Sir Robert B Wright, seated in a group photo.

Wright graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1934 wtih a BSc, MBChB with Honours in 1937, ChM in 1953 and LLD in 1981. After the Second World War he worked at the Glasgow Western Infirmary as Assistant Surgeon. He then became Surgeon in Charge at the Southern General Hospital in 1953. He held this position until his retirement in 1980.

He was President of the College from 1968 to 1970.

Photograph of James Finlayson.

Finlayson initially studied Arts at the University of Glasgow in the 1856-1857 session. After a few years working in business with his father, he decided on a career in medicine, beginning his studies at Anderson's College in 1862 and moving to Glasgow University in 1863. He graduated MB, CM in 1867. He received his MD two years later.

He was assistant to Sir William Tennant Gairdner in 1871 while Gairdner was Regius Professor of Medicine at Glasgow. In 1875 Finlayson became Physician of the Glasgow Western Infirmary, a post he held until his death.

In 1877 he was elected as Honorary Librarian of the Faculty, a position he held for 25 years. He was President of the Faculty from 1900 to 1903.

Photographic portrait of Stanley Alstead, seated in robes and wearing the College President medal.

Alstead studied at Liverpool University and junior positions in Liverpool, Birmingham and Salford. He became Pollok Lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Glasgow in 1932 while he was on the dispensary staff at the Western Infirmary. In 1948 he became Regius Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Glasgow, taking charge of a clinical unit at Stobhill General Hospital.

He was President of the College from 1956 to 1958.

Pictured here is a portrait of Professor Jacqueline Taylor who was the first woman to become president of the College in 2018.

Jacqueline Taylor gained her MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1983 and went on to train and specialise in general internal medicine and geriatric medicine. In 1997 she became a Consultant Geriatrician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. From a managerial perspective, she has been Clinical Director, Associate Medical Director and Clinical Quality Lead in Geriatric Medicine.

Taylor was president of the College from 2018 to 2021.

Photograph of College President, Jackie Taylor, laying a wreath at the tombstone of the founder of the College, Maister Peter Lowe, at Glasgow Cathedral.

Portrait of Thomas Gibson, seated wearing ceremonial robes.

Tom Gibson graduated from the University of Glasgow MBChB in 1938. He worked as an assistant surgeon to the Medical Research Council as part of their work in the Burns Wards of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. from 1942 to 1944. He served as a surgeon specialising in maxillofacial surgery with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War. After this he worked as Consultant Plastic Surgeon to the West of Scotland Plastic and Oral Surgery Service, becoming Director in 1970 until his retirement in 1980.

Gibson was president of the College from 1976 to 1978.

William IV mahogany President's Chair with high upholstered back inset with the original arms of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in mahogany, on turned fluted legs with later castors.

Portrait of Professor Galloway. Three quarter length, seated on the President's chair in his office. "Coastal Scene (Arran From Ayrshire)" by Molly Addis in the background.

David Galloway gained his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1977, going on to gain his MD in 1985. He worked as a Consultant Surgeon in General and Colorectal Surgery at the Gartnavel General Hospital and the Glasgow Western Infirmary. Galloway was also Lecturer in Surgery and Honorary Senior Registrar at the Glasgow Western Infirmary., and Honorary Senior Registrar at St Mark's Hospital in London.

Galloway became a Fellow of the College in 1981 and was president from 2015 to 2018.

Photographic portrait of Dr John Gibson Fleming, MD FFPSG, former president of the RCPSG (1865-1867)

Photographic portrait of Dr James Watson, MD FFPSG, former president of the RCPSG (1857-1860)

Photographic portrait of Dr Ebenezer Watson.

Ebenezer Watson graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1846 having previouly graduated with an Arts degree. Watson worked as Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for about thirty years and also held the position of Chair of Physiology at Anderson's College.

Watson was president of the College from 1872 to 1874.

Photographic portrait of Dr Charles Ritchie.

Charles Ritchie gained his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1839. He initially qualified through the licentiate examination at the then Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1815, going on to become a Fellow in 1827. He worked as a Senior Physician to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and also lectured at the School of Medicine at the hospital. He also worked for a time as Lecturer on Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children at Portland Street School of Medicine.

Ritchie was president of the College from 1862 to 1865.

Photographic portrait of Dr James Morton.

Morton was from a family with little money so had to find the money himself to pay for his medical education. He initially studied medicine at Anderson's University and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1844. He went on to earn an MD from the University of St Andrews in 1845, after which he moved to Glasgow. In 1851 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and was Professor of Materia Medica at Anderson's University until 1888.

He worked as a surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary at the same time as Joseph Lister, but was not a supporter of Lister's work into antisepsis. He wasn't totally against the idea of antisepsis, but instead refused to believe that carbolic acid was the best solution to use as an antiseptic.

Morton was president of the College from 1886 to 1889.

Photographic portrait of Dr William Lyon.

William Lyon qualified by gaining his license from the then Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1816, becoming a Fellow in 1828. He became Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1844 and Lecturer of Surgery at the Portland Street Medical School. He gained an honorary MD from the University of Glasgow in 1859.

Lyon was president of the College from 1860 to 1862.

Photographic portrait of Dr Bruce Goff, MD FFPSG, House Surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and former president of RCPSG (1894-1897)

Photographic portrait of Sir Hector Clare Cameron, MD MB CM FFPSG, former president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1897-1900)

Photographic portrait of Dr Andrew Buchanan.

Buchanan studied medicine in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and abroad. In 1835 he became a surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He also held the position of Chair of the Institutes of Medicine at the University of Glasgow for a large portion of his career. In 1828 he founded the Glasgow Medical Journal, a local journal for publishing clinical cases and news.

Buchanan was president of the College from 1877 to 1880.

Photographic portrait of Dr Andrew Anderson.

Andrew Anderson studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, gaining an MD in 1839. He was Professor of Institutes of Medicine at the Anderson University, which was established by his grandfather. He also held the Chair of the Practice of Medicine at the same institute. Anderson worked as a surgeon at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary alongside William Mackenzie. He also worked as a consulting physician in Glasgow.

Anderson was became a Fellow of the College in 1840 and was president from 1868 to 1870.

Photographic portrait of Dr Robert Scott Orr.

Orr graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1840. Soon after he moved to Glasgow to work at the Royal Lunatic Asylum at Gartnavel alongside Dr Hutchison. After this he became Medical Superintendent at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He then remained Visiting Physician to the Infirmary until his retirement .

Orr was president of the College from 1880 to 1883.

Robert Cleghorn studied medicine in Edinburgh and graduated MD in 1783 moving to Glasgow in 1785. He entered the Faculty (now Royal College) of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1786, becoming its President between 1789 and 1791 and Librarian from October 1792.

He was physician to the poorhouse or Town’s Hospital in Glasgow between 1786 and 1791 and also one of the original managers of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary which opened in 1794. A number of his casebooks from this period are preserved in the College archive. He subsequently (in 1814) became first physician and then a director of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics in Dobbie’s Loan.

James Jeffray graduated MA in Sciences from the University of Glasgow in 1778, then going on to graduate MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1786. From 1790 he was Professor of Anatomy and Botany at the University of Glasgow. He held these posts until his death in 1848. This is one of the longest held professorships in Scotland's history.Despite this, he is best remembered for his participation in an experimental dissection case in 1818. Assisted by Andrew Ure, a physician who was a member of the Faculty and Professor at Anderson University, Jeffray carried out a dissection on the body of executed murderer Matthew Clydesdale. Clydesdale had been found guilty of murder and was hanged for his crime. Under the Murder Act of 1751, academics could only perform dissections on the bodies of those executed as a result of being guilty of murder. Jeffray and Ure dissected Clydesdale's body, but also passed electric currents through the body to observe the workings of the nervous system. This experiment enabled parts of Clydesdale's body to be "reanimated". This experiment brings into question the ethics of anatomical experiments and consent. Jeffray was President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1793 to 1795.

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William Weir studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and became a licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1814, going on to become a Fellow in 1816. He graduated MD from the University of Glasgow in 1829.

He worked at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary initially as a surgeon, before becoming Physician to the Infirmary in 1840. He also worked as Physician to the Barony Parish Fever Hospital in Glasgow.

Weir worked as a lecturer in several of Glasgow's medical schools. He was Lecturer of Clinical Medicine at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary Medical School, Lecturer on the Practice of Medicine at Portland Street Medical School and Lecturer at the Anderson Institute.

Weir was President of the College from 1847 to 1849.

Half-length portrait of Reid wearing a black jacket.

William Louden Reid graduated MB, CM from the University of Glasgow in 1866, and had acted as a dresser to Joseph Lister as a student. He gained his MD in 1869 and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1877. In the same year he began working as a physician at the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital.

He held several other position in Glasgow during his career; Obstetric Physician to the Royal Maternity Hospital, Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Children in the Anderson College, Gynaecologist to the Western Infirmary and Consulting Surgeon to the Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women.

He became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1931. Reid served as their President from 1905-1907.

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Cameron started his medical career studying at Edinburgh and then graduating from the University of Glasgow MB, CM in 1866. He gained his MD from the university in 1868.

He was taught by Joseph Lister as a medical student, going on to become his house surgeon and assistant at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He was appointed Visiting Surgeon to the Infirmary in 1873.

Cameron then moved to the Glasgow Western Infirmary where he first acted as Visiting Surgeon in 1881, before taking over the position of Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Infirmary in 1900. He held several other positions during his career, which included working at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, the Glasgow Royal Asylum, the Glasgow Eye Infirmary and the Glasgow Lock Hospital.

Cameron served as President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1897 to 1900.

Roy Frew Young (1879–1948), President of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1940–1942). Seated half-length in a grey suit.

Joseph Black (1728–1799), President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1759–1761 & 1765–1766). Half-length, facing right.

Bust-length portrait with a landscape background.

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John Fergus was educated at the University of Glasgow where he graduated MA in 1833, MB, CM in 1888 and MD in 1897. He spent much of his professional career as a physician to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

He served as President of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1929 to 1931.

Seated three-quarter length in President's chair.

Seated half-length holding a book.

Cullen began his medical career by undertaking an apprenticeship with John Paisley, a practitioner in Glasgow who also work as the librarian to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

In 1729 he moved to London to take up a surgical post on a merchant ship travelling between London and the West Indies. After some time studying at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, as well as an apprenticeship with William Hunter, Cullen graduated MD from the University of Glasgow in 1740.

He began lecturing in chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1747 and later lectured in materia medica and botany. Cullen was then appointed Professor of Medicine at the university in 1751. He moved to Edinburgh in 1755 and continued the rest of his career there, holding several positions at the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

Cullen was President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1747 to 1749.

Bust-length in a grey suit wearing the President's badge of office.

Campbell graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1952 and travelled to Canada to start his training in anaesthesia. He returned to Glasgow in 1956 and gained more training in anaesthesia at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Stobhill Hospital. He became Lecturer in Anaesthesia at the University of Glasgow in 1960, eventually being appointed to Chair of Anaesthesia in 1976. He went on to become the Dean of the Medical School in Glasgow in 1987.

Campbell was the first anaesthetist to become President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He was awarded the C.B.E. in 1987 and he received his Knighthood in 1994.

Campbell was President of the College from 1992 to 1994.

Seated half-length in robes against a brown background.

Half-length in a black suit next to a desk.

Seated half-length against a brown background.

Seated half-length portrait of Hume wearing robes.

Robert Hume gained his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1953.

Hume specialised in haematology and worked for a time as a Consultant Physician at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow.

He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1990 to 1992.

Portrait of Professor Sir Graham Teasdale

Seated three-quarter length, wearing the College robes and the President's badge of office.

Professor Mackay graduated MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1959, gaining his MD in 1973. He became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1962 and then a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1963. Mackay then went to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1973, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1975, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1994.

He worked as an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow, as well as being a Professor and then Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education at the University of Glasgow.

He was President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1994-1997.

Professor Williams graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1970 and spent the majority of his career working in geriatric medicine at the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary and Gartnavel Royal Hospital. He also worked as Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine at Stobhill Hospital.

He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 2006-2009.

Seated half-length portrait in robes.

Arthur Kennedy studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and graduated in 1945. He specialised in renal medicine. heading up the dialysis team at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, as well as working as the Senior Lecturer in Medicine there.

He was President of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association from 1972-75. He also served as President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1986-1988.

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Archibald Young qualified MB,CM from the University of Glasgow in 1895 after which he spent time in Europe continuing his studies. After returning to Glasgow he worked under great mentors, including Joseph Coats and Sir William Macewen. He spent much of his career working at the Western Infirmary, gradually working his way up the surgical posts from Extra Dispensary Surgeon in 1903 to Visiting Surgery to the Infirmary in 1917.

Young was Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1924–1939 and President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1935 to 1937.

This painting is the second portrait of Young painted by James Gunn. The first portrait, which was presented to Young in 1939, is now part of the University of Glasgow collection.

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Andrew Ross Lorimer graduated MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1960 and MD in 1976. After spending time at Vanderbilt University performing research in nuclear medicine and biophysics, he took up the post of Registrar in Medicine at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1963. He was Lecturer in Cardiology at the University of Glasgow from 1966 to 1971, and was also consultant cardiologist at the GRI from 1971 to 1991.

He was President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 2000 to 2003.

Standing half-length portrait of McArthur wearing college robes.

James McArthur graduated MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1951, going on to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1956. McArthur spent the majority of his career working as a consultant surgeon at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow.

He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1970, serving as a councillor and eventually president from 1988-1990. During his time as president, he played a vital role in setting up the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination.

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Ian Alexander McGregor graduated MB ChB from the University of Glasgow in 1944 with commendation, going on to serve in the Royal Army Medical Corps the next year. In the late 1940s he worked as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Glasgow, before entering his chosen specialty of reconstructive surgery as a Registrar at the Burns Unit of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He was the Director of the West of Scotland Plastic Surgery Unit at Canniesburn Hospital from 1980-1986.

He was President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1984-1986.

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Clark gained his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1940, with the help of bursaries from the Rainy Foundation and the Miners Welfare. He worked for some time with Sir Charles Illingworth and also spent a period serving in the army. He was Senior Registrar at the Glasgow Western Infirmary and was a Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

He gained a ChM in 1950 and an MD in 1957. He then worked as a consultant surgeon at the Glasgow Western Infirmary.

Clark was President of the College from 1980 to 1982.

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MacKay graduated from the University of Glasgow MBChB in 1961. Mackay worked as a consultant surgeon at the Glasgow Western Infirmary and Gartnavel General Hospital.

He retired from clinical practice in 1996, going on to serve as president of the College from 1997-2000. He was awarded a CBE in 2000 for his services to medicine.

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Gibson Fleming gained his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1830. He entered the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1833 and started his career as a general practitioner in Glasgow. He then moved on to practice as a surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary before becoming Manager of the Infirmary in 1850. It was in this position that he helped to establish the Glasgow Royal Infirmary School of Medicine.

Gibson Fleming served as President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow for two terms; 1865 to 1868 and 1870 to 1872.

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Morton was from a family with little money so had to find the money himself to pay for his medical education. He initially studied medicine at Anderson's University and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1844. He went on to earn an MD from the University of St Andrews in 1845, after which he moved to Glasgow. In 1851 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and was Professor of Materia Medica at Anderson's University until 1888.

He worked as a surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary at the same time as Joseph Lister, but was not a supporter of Lister's work into antisepsis. He wasn't totally against the idea of antisepsis, but instead refused to believe that carbolic acid was the best solution to use as an antiseptic.

Morton was president of the College from 1886 to 1889.

Seated bust-length portrait of Snodgrass wearing college robes and President's badge.

William Robertson Snodgrass was a well-educated man, receiving several degrees from the University of Glasgow; MA in 1910, BSc in 1913, MBChB in 1913, and MD in 1935. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1920.

After the War he became Chief Medical Adviser of the Glasgow Venereal Disease service. He worked as a physician at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and was Consultant Physician at the Glasgow Western Infirmary by 1942.

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Thomas Thomson graduated from MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1945. For the majority of his career he worked as Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Stobhill General Hospital in Glasgow. He was heavily involved in the teaching of clinical medicine and held teaching positions at the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Northern Hospitals.

Thomson was President of the College from 1982 to 1984.

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Joseph Wright studied at the University of Glasgow and graduated MBChB in 1922, and MD in 1932. 1932 was a momentous year for Wright as he also became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

The majority of his career was spent as Senior Consultant Physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, as well as Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

Wright was President of the College from 1960 to 1962.

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Freeland Fergus studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating MB, CM in 1881 and MD in 1891. After further training in Europe he was appointed Assistant Surgeon at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary in 1882 and full Surgeon in 1890. He was at this post until 1919.

He made several contributions to the field of opthalmology, including the introduction of the sterilisation of instruments and dressings in his practice, and the promotion of the Blind Persons (Scotland) Act of 1920.

Freeland Fergus came from a well-known medical family, with both his father and brother also holding office as President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

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Arthur Henry Jacobs studied medicine at St Mungo's College in Glasgow and gained his Triple Qualification in 1920. He spent some further time training in London, Paris, and Vienna.

Widely considered the "father of urology" in Glasgow, he was appointed as a urologist at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1930. He then became chief of the urology department by 1936. This department became a model for several other urology departments across the country. He was considered to be one of the best urologists in the world, with major contributions in the classification and surgical management of genitourinary tuberculosis.

Jacobs was President of the College from 1958 to 1960.

Half-length portrait of Anderson wearing a black jacket.

Anderson studied medicine in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, becoming a member of the College of Surgeons in 1816. He finally graduated with an MD in Edinburgh in 1819, moving to Glasgow the year after to set up practice. He joined the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1821.

Although primarily a physician, Anderson also had experience in surgery and held several surgical positions at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary during the 1820s. He was eventually appointed Physician to the Infirmary in 1838, and was also Physician to the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.

Anderson was President of the College from 1852 to 1855.

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Photograph of College President, Mr Colin MacKay, laying a wreath at the tombstone of the founder of the College, Maister Peter Lowe, at Glasgow Cathedral.