Person Monro; Alexander (1697 - 1767) Monro Alexander 1697 - 1767 British Male London, England 08 September 1697 1697 His home on Covenant Close, Edinburgh 10 July 1767 1767 Burial: Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh

Physician Anatomy Education: Edinburgh; MD; apprenticed to his father (1713); attended lectures by Francis Hauksbee (FRS 1705) and William Whiston and studied dissection under William Cheselden (FRS 1711) in London (1717); Paris; Leyden (admitted 1718) Career: Travelled in France and Holland; Professor of Anatomy and Surgery to the Surgeons' Company, Edinburgh (1720); Professor of Anatomy, Edinburgh University, to which he attracted students from Europe and America (1725-1759); Manager, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; Director, Bank of Scotland; attended the wounded on both sides after the Battle of Prestonpans (1745); died of pelvic cancer Memberships: FRCPE (1756); Philosophical Society of Edinburgh Son of John Monro, President of the Edinburgh Corporation of Surgeons, and his wife, Jean Forbes; married Isabella, daughter of Sir Donald MacDonald of Skye; his son, Alexander, succeeded him as Professor of Anatomy Fellow 27/06/1723 William Cheselden Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Innes Smith; Hirsch References: Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1767), p383; obituary, London Magazine (1767), p372 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19982 8 Sep 1697 - 10 Jul 1767 NA8437 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 1d2cc35d-2132-4853-b687-21d727efb63c