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Alexander Monro, tertius

Scottish physician, anatomist, and educator

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Monro family

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Alexander tertius (b. Nov. 5, 1773, Edinburgh—d. March 10, 1859, Craiglockheart, near Edinburgh) received the M.D. degree from Edinburgh in 1797. He then studied in London and Paris, returned to Edinburgh in 1800, and in that year was appointed conjointly with his father. Alexander tertius…
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Monro, secundus

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…direction (1817–46) of his son, Alexander tertius, the chair’s repute degenerated. Although his pupils included many who were to become Britain’s most outstanding scientists (such as Sir Humphry Davy and Charles Darwin), the youngest Monro lectured verbatim from his grandfather’s notes. His writings include Outlines of the Anatomy of the…
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