Andrew Halliday (physician)

Sir Andrew Halliday (also spelt Hallidie) (1781–1839) was a Scottish physician, reformer, and writer.[1][2] He served in the Napoleonic Wars in Portugal, Spain and at Waterloo, and in the West Indies.[3] He was the first physician to the Seamen's Hospital Society,[3] which was established in 1821 with the purpose of helping people currently or previously employed in the Merchant Navy or fishing fleets. Sir Andrew Halliday was the royal physician to King William IV[3] and to Queen Victoria.[4] Before and after his military service he publicized the deplorable state of British and Irish insane asylums.[1] He wrote History of the House of Hanover and Account of the West India Islands, published in 1826 and 1837, respectively.[1][2]

Sir Andrew's nephew, Andrew Smith Hallidie, promoted the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, the world's first practical cable car system.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c ."Halliday". The Scottish Nation. Muskegon, MI, USA + Chatham, Ontario, Canada: Electric Scotland USA LLC. May 6, 2010. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/halliday.htm. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Houston, Robert A. (Winter 2006). "Poor Relief and the Dangerous and Criminal Insane in Scotland, c. 1740-1840". Journal of Social History (Fairfax, VA, USA: George Mason University) 40 (2): 453–476. doi:10.1353/jsh.2007.0017. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_social_history/summary/v040/40.2houston.html.  Also available at R. A. Houston. "Poor Relief and the Dangerous and Criminal Insane in Scotland, c. 1740-1840". http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Poor+relief+and+the+dangerous+and+criminal+insane+in+Scotland,+c....-a0157081646. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c Cook, GC (Aug 2004). "Andrew Halliday, Kt FRCPE (1781-1839): service in the Napoleonic Wars and West Indies, and first physician to the Seamen's Hospital Society" (Print). Journal of Medical Biography (London: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd) 12 (3): 125–6. ISSN 0967-7720. PMID 15257343. [PMID 15257347 Lay summary] – PubMed (July 17, 2004). 
  4. ^ a b Kahn, Edgar Myron (June 1940). Cable Car Inventor - Andrew Hallidie - 1873. San Francisco: California Historical Society Quarterly. http://www.sfmuseum.net/bio/hallidie.html. Retrieved May 8, 2010.