Queen Margaret College Medical Club : opening lecture, session 1896-97 : "members of the medical profession in Glasgow of wide celebrity" / by James Finlayson.

  • Finlayson, James, 1840-1906.
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[1897?]
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Credit: Queen Margaret College Medical Club : opening lecture, session 1896-97 : "members of the medical profession in Glasgow of wide celebrity" / by James Finlayson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    William Mackenzie (continued). Portrait in oil in Glasgow Eye Infirmary.—Oil painting in Faculty Hall, Glasgow.—Plaster cast of bust in Faculty Hall, Glasgow. [Original of two last in possession of his widow.]—Lithograph by Schubert.—Engraving in the Glasgow Eye Infirmary, Charlotte Street. THOMAS GRAHAM. 1805—1869.—Born in Glasgow, and educated at Grammar School and University.—M.A. Glasgow, 1826.—Intended for Church, but preferred science. —Studied Chemistry in Glasgow under Thomas Thomsonj and in Edinburgh under Hope.—Returned to Glasgow and taught Mathematics in 1828, and lectured in Portland Street School of Medicine on Chemistry.—Lectured in Mechanics' Institute, 1829.—Professor of Chemistry in Anderson's University, 1830-37.—Member of Glasgow Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, 1830 (see Probationary Essay below).—While an Andersonian Professor, laid foundation of his fame. — F.R.S., 1836.—Professor of Chemistry, University College, London, 1837-54.—Master of Mint, 1854-69.—One of the founders of Chemical Society in 1841, and of Cavendish Society in 1846. Works.—Papers collected and printed for private circulation by Mr. James Young, of Kelly, a pupil of his :— Chemical and Physical Researches, 1886.—On the tendency of Air and the difierent Gases to mutual penetration: a Pro- bationary Essay submitted to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, by Thomas Graham, A.M., F.R.S. Edin., Lecturer on Chemistry, Glasgow, 1830.—His paper