Andrew Wood (surgeon)

Dr Andrew Wood FRSE LLD (1810–1881) was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon who served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1855 to 1857.

Life

9 Darnaway Street
The Wood memorial, Restalrig Churchyard

He was born at 42 South Hanover Street[1] in Edinburgh on 1 September 1810 the son of William Wood FRSE (1782-1858), also a surgeon, and his wife Mary Oswald Gillespie.[2] He was educated at the High school in Edinburgh then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University receiving his doctorate (MD) in 1831.[3]

He joined his father operating from premises at 87 George Street in Edinburgh's First New Town close to their home.[4] Andrew variously worked also at the New Town Dispensary, Heriot's Hospital, Merchant Maiden Hospital, Trades Maiden Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (rising to Manager of the latter).

In 1855 he replaced Robert Omond as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, a role also previously held by his father William.[5]

In 1863 he elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Hutton Balfour.[6]

He died at home, 9 Darnaway Street on the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh on 25 January 1881. He is buried in Warriston Cemetery but also memorialised on his parents grave in Restalrig churchyard in eastern Edinburgh, beside Alexander Wood, Lord Wood, his great uncle.

Artistic recognition

Wood was portrayed by Agnes Campbell Imlach (daughter of his colleague, Francis Brodie Imlach).[7]

References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1810
  2. ↑ Grave inscription of William Wood, Restalrig Churchyard
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/b21465812/b21465812_djvu.txt
  4. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1834
  5. ↑ No More Corncraiks: Lord Moray's Feuars in Edinburgh's New Town
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/andrew-wood-18101881-frcsed-1831-prcsed-18551857-187250
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