Alexander Monro

Alexander Monro (1697-1767), also known as Alexander Monro Primus, was a Scottish surgeon and anatomist, founder of Edinburgh Medical School, born of Scotch parentage in London. He studied there, and at Paris and Leyden, and was appointed lecturer on Anatomy by the Surgeons' Company at Edinburgh in 1719. Two years later he became professor, and in 1725 was admitted to the University. He was a principal promoter and early clinical lecturer in the Royal Infirmary, and continued his clinical work after resigning his chair to his son Alexander. He wrote several medical works, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was called primus, to distinguish him from his son and grandson, who were called respectively secundus and tertius, and were professors of Anatomy in Edinburgh like himself.

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Alexander Montgomerie, Alexander Nasmith, Alexander of Hales, Alexander of Hales the philosopher, Alexander of Paris