James Andrew

James Andrew was born in Minto Street, Edinburgh, in 1844, sharing his name with both his father, a physician, and his grandfather, Principal of the East India Company's military seminary at Addiscombe. He obtained his MD from Edinburgh after study in Edinburgh, Vienna and Berlin. He held appointments at several Edinburgh institutions, including the Royal Dispensary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, and served as Resident Physician and later Resident Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary. He became a Fellow of the College in 1870 and served as President from 1898 to 1900. He died in Edinburgh in 1911 and was buried in his college gown.