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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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 Mr Andrew James Hutton with Red Cross Auxilliary on his right and nurse from Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service on his left.

Authentic narrative of the death of Lord Nelson : with the circumstances preceding, attending, and subsequent to that event. The professional report on his Lordship's wound, and several interesting anecdotes

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.

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 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 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 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.

Bronze bust of Dr Tom Honeyman.

Tom John Honeyman graduated MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1909. During the First World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps at Salonika and India, after which he returned to Glasgow to practice.

In 1929 he had a change of career, becoming an art dealer. He moved to London to become the director of the Lefevre Gallery. He then became the Director of Glasgow Art Galleries and Museums in 1939, a post that he held until 1954.

Portrait photograph of Dr A.K. Bowman

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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.

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James Hogarth Pringle graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1885. He then travelled to Europe to further his surgical studies in places like Hamburg, Berlin, and Vienna.

He was House Surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before becoming House Surgeon under Sir William Macewen at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1896 he was appointed Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1899.

Alongside Macewen, Pringle was one of the few men in medicine who accepted female students and trainees into his clinics. He became Lecturer in Surgery and Demonstrator in Anatomy at Queen Margaret College in Glasgow in 1899. This College was founded in 1868 specifically for women and began teaching medicine in 1890/91.

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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.

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Sir Alexander MacGregor graduated MBChB and MD from the University of Glasgow in 1908, moving on to Cambridge where he gained his Diploma in Public Health in 1909.

He became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1926. After working for a time in infectious diseases at Belvidiere Fever Hospital , he became Glasgow's fourth Medical Officer of Health in 1925. He held this position until he retired in 1946.

In 1955 he was awarded a knighthood for services to the Health Boards in the West of Scotland. He was appointed Honorary Physician to His Majesty the King and was also honoured by King Haakon of Norway. This award was a token of appreciation for his contribution to medical links between the two countries and particularly for making wards available during the Second World War.

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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.

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.

Archie McDougall graduated from the University of Glasgow in medicine in 1938. He specialised in orthopaedi surgery, going on to work as a consultant at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He then was head of the orthopaedic department at the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary- this department was one of the first in Scotland to carry out total joint replacements. Besides his work as an orthopaedic surgeon, he often acted as an examiner for the surgical examinations held at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

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Hugh Miller initially set out to become a lawyer, working in firms in Kilmarnock and Glasgow. However, his eyes then turned to medicine and he received a License from the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1835. He was able to take the License after attending classes privately, as well as at the University of Glasgow and Anderon's College.

He spent some time practicing in India, returning to Glasgow in 1860. He again attended the University of Glasgow and received his MD, as well as becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

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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.

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.

Portrait of Maister Peter Lowe, standing half-length in robes with his hand resting on a book.