Andrew Duncan | |
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Born | 17 October 1744 Pinkerton, Fife, UK |
Died | 5 July 1828 (aged 83) |
Occupation(s) | Physician and professor |
Andrew Duncan, the elder (17 October 1744 – 5 July 1828) FRSE FRCPE FSA (Scot) was a British physician and professor at the University of Edinburgh.[1] He was joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. As first proposer of an asylum in Edinburgh he gives his name to the Andrew Duncan Clinic which forms part of the Edinburgh City Hospital.