John Hunter : his life and labors / by C.W.G. Rohrer.
- Rohrer, C. W. G. (Caleb Wyand Geeting), 1873-1952
- Date:
- [1914]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: John Hunter : his life and labors / by C.W.G. Rohrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[10] as the correct date. This is manifestly wrong. The Hth of February is the date on which the anniversary of his birth is celebrated by the Koyal College of Surgeons of England, and which he himself observed as his birthday; but “prob- ably ”, as Stephen Paget writes, “ he was born during the night of the 13th-14th and in the room over the kitchen/’ He was the son of John Hunter and Agnes Hunter, his wife, whose maiden name was Paul. They were married on of his mother is blank, and the place of birth a-wanting, neither being in the Register. On making further search, I found the name of a sister “ Isobel,” two years older than John the same omission occurs with the name of the mother; but the place of birth given is Calderfield and I am of opinion that the farm now known as Long Calderwood would at one time be divided into two farms named respectively Calderfield and Long Calder- wood a circumstance very common in this Parish and I am led to this conclusion by the name of the farm adjoining that in question being likewise Long Calderwood, and no place known to me here having the designation of Calderfield. I am, Sir, Yours, &c., Matthew Dalglish, Registrar. Dr. James Watson, 153, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. Copy of Register Enclosed. “John, a lawful son procreate between John Hunter and Paul, born February 13th and baptized March 30th, 1728.” Extracted by me from the Register-Book of Births and Baptisms for the parish of East Kilbride, in the county of Lanark, this 28th day of March, 1859. Matthew Dalglish, Registrar. In confirmation of the correctness of the registrar’s notion, W. Hunter Baillie, the grandnephew of John Hunter, wrote as fol- lows to John F. South, vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons, under date of April 9, 1859: “ in looking at an old map I have of Long Calderwood farm and mansion, which belong to me, I find that a portion of this small property was called Calderfield, and that the larger portion was named Long Calderwood. Upon this latter stands the house which I have always heard was the birthplace of William and John Hunter. It was externally in good repair when I saw it a few years since, and is still serviceable for farming purposes, such as lodging for farm servants, &c. The house used for habita- tion by the farmer is on another part of the property.”](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22460287_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
