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词条 James Dunsmure
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  1. Life

  2. Family

  3. Neighbours

  4. References

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Dr James Dunsmure FRSE FRCSE (1814–1886) was a Scottish surgeon. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Life

He was born at 33 George Street[1] in Edinburgh on 23 April 1814 the son of James Dunsmure (1771-1858), Secretary to the Fisheries Board for Scotland, and his wife, Susan Drysdale. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh then Edinburgh University receiving his doctorate (MD) in 1835.[2]

He worked as house-surgeon under Dr John Lizars before taking up a senior position at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He was both examiner and assessor to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Edinburgh University, and house surgeon to John Watson’s Hospital and the North British Railway Company. [2]

In 1866 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Hutton Balfour .[3]

He was a member of the Royal Company of Archers, winning the queen’s prize for accuracy on three occasions and the Edinburgh Arrow as finest archer in 1860. He was also a church elder in the Church of Scotland from 1847 to 1886. From 1865 to 1867 he was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, replacing Benjamin Bell (Joseph Bell's father).

He died at home, 53 Queen Street[4] (previously the home of John Mortland of Rindmuir) in Edinburgh’s First New Town on 15 October 1886. He is buried with his family in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.[5] The distinctive white marble monument lies against the north wall of the original cemetery.

Family

He was married to Catherine Hill (1815-1882). Their son James Dunsmure Jr FRCSE LLD (1846-1907) was also a surgeon. Their son Robert Dunsmure immigrated to Australia where he was a pastoralist and Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Another son was George Hill Dunsmure (1856-1924).[6]

Neighbours

In his Queen Street home he was neighbour to Sir James Young Simpson and Francis Brodie Imlach.

References

1. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1814-15
2. ^British Medical Journal: obituary: 23 October 1886
3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}
4. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1850-51
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=73809&scrwidth=1600|title=James Dunsmure grave monument details at Dean 2e Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland|first=Charles|last=Sale|website=Gravestonephotos.com|accessdate=4 October 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3565638365|title=Dunsmure, Robert|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|work=Former Members|accessdate=4 September 2016}}
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