David Christison

David Christison was born in Edinburgh in 1830, the son of Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet. He obtained his MD from Edinburgh in 1851 and worked as Resident Physician at the Royal Infirmary before serving as Assistant Physician at Renkioi Hospital in the Dardanelles during the Crimean War. He became seriously ill while at Renkioi and was forced to retire from medical practice. He subsequently devoted himself to archaeology, serving as Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland from 1888 to 1904 and publishing several works including 'Early Fortifications in Scotland' (1898). He died in Edinburgh in 1912.