Thomas Edmondston Saxby

Dr. Thomas Edmondston Saxby, Esq. OBE JP FRFPS[1] (1869-1952) was a Scottish medical doctor, working on Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, and an ornithologist.[2]

He was a member of a Shetland family with many doctors and naturalists, dating back to the sixteenth century. [3]

  1. ^ F.R.F.P.S.: Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons; also: L.R.C.P. & S. Edin. (License of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Edinburgh): "The Shetland Isles". Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland. 1903. p. 1348. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ An. (1952).
  3. ^ Alastair Hamilton (29 March 2018). "Naturalists and doctors – a successful combination". shetland.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.