Robert Bowes Malcolm

Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm FRSE FRCPE (1807-1894) was a British physician. He was President of the Harveian Society 1856/7 and President of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. He founded the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. In an unusual secondary role he was official physician to Fettes College.[1]

Life

The grave of Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

He was born on 25 August 1807 the eldest son of Major John Malcolm of the East India Company. Early years were spent at Haughton-le-Skerne in County Durham. He studied Medicine at Edinburgh University gaining his doctorate (MD) in 1831. In 1840 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1857. His proposer was William Swan.[2]

He died on at home, 10 Roseberry Crescent[3] in Edinburgh's West End on 6 June 1894. He was buried on 9 June in one of the southern sections of Dean Cemetery.

Family

In May 1832 he was married to Barbara Thatcher (1806-1880). She was the eldest daughter of Dr John Thatcher of Edinburgh.[4] Their children included John Vicary Thatcher Malcolm. They also had three daughters, including Eleanor Bowes Malcolm (b.1835). The children were painted by Mary Ann Heaphy.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bmj.com/content/1/1747/1395.3
  2. ↑ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1894-95
  4. ↑ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Edinburgh 1832
  5. ↑ http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-ann-heaphy/the-four-children-of-dr-robert-bowes-malcolm-IYGcO0zBpAlScySb0K8urA2
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