Robert Nasmyth

5 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh (right)
The grave of Robert Nasmyth, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

Dr Robert Nasmyth FRSE (1792-1870) was a Scottish surgeon dentist and official dentist to Queen Victoria and the Royal Household, when in Scotland. He was President of the Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland and founded the Edinburgh Dental Dispensary.

Life

He was born in Edinburgh in 1792. He was educated at the High School then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University under Prof Barclay, doing further studies in Dentistry in London.

In 1823 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and set up practice as a dentist at 21 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh’s New Town.[1] In 1842 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being George Augustus Borthwick.[2]

In later life he lived at 5 Charlotte Square one of the most exclusive addresses in Edinburgh.[3] He lived close to his colleague, Prof James Syme (who lived at no.9). Nasmyth died at home following a period of ill-health on 12 May 1870.[4] He is buried on the north wall of Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh, backing onto the first north extension.

Family

He was married to Mary Lockhart (b.1797). Their children included Major Charles Nasmyth, hero of Silistra.

References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1823-24
  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 1869-70
  4. ↑ Edinburgh Medical Journal 1870
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