John Robert Hume

For architectural historian, see John R. Hume.
Portrait tentatively identified as John Robert Hume

John Robert Hume (c.1781–1857) was a Scottish surgeon and physician. He is cited as an example of a 19th-century medical career that arrived at a high position in the profession, without early qualifications.[1]

  1. ^ John Shepherd (1 January 1991). The Crimean Doctors: A History of the British Medical Services in the Crimean War. Liverpool University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-85323-107-3.