Name authority Authority records for linking authors, manufacturers etc. with their works Surname Duncan Forename(s) John Birth Date 1780 Death Date 1871 Occupation pharmacist Related place Perth Edinburgh Other sources Lesley Richmond et al (eds). 2017. The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Routledge Biographical Text "The founder of this business, John Duncan, was born in 1780 in Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland. [...] After a brief stay in London he returned to Scotland and in 1806 established a business on his own account in Perth [...] In 1818 Duncan took on a young man, Ogilvie, as a junior partner and the firm was named Duncan & Ogilvie. In 1820 a second shop was opened at 52 North Bridge, Edinburgh. [...] Both premises premises traded under the name Duncan & Ogilvie until 1832, when Ogilvie took over the Perth business on his own account and Duncan entered into a new partnership with one of his apprentices, William Flockhart, and another young man named Anderson." (Richmond et al) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Duncan; John (1780-1871); pharmacist Relation A related resource <a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/id/823"><span>Duncan &amp; Ogilvie; 1818-1832; druggists</span></a> <a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/id/825"><span>Duncan, Hamilton &amp; Dandie; c 1830s; druggists</span></a> <a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/id/822">Duncan, Dandie &amp; Newby; c. 1841-1853; druggists</a>