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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
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Sibbald, Robert (Sir)
Physician and geographer
(1641 - 1722)
Sibbald studied at the University of Edinburgh, first receiving his MA and then studying divinity. In 1660 Sibbald travelled to Leiden to study medicine. He then went to Paris and moved to Angers, where he graduated MD in 1662. After briefly living in London, he returned to Scotland in 1662, settling in Edinburgh. Sibbald was instrumental in developing Edinburgh’s physic garden, in the foundation of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and in the production of the 'Pharmacopeia Edinburgensis'. In 1685 he became the first professor of medicine at Edinburgh University. Sibbald was knighted in 1682 and appointed physician-in-ordinary to King Charles II, as well as serving as physician to his successor King James II and VII, he was also made geographer royal for Scotland.
Referred to as: SibbaldDEP/DUA/1/23/06
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Sibbald, Robert (Sir)
Physician and geographer
(1641 - 1722)
Sibbald studied at the University of Edinburgh, first receiving his MA and then studying divinity. In 1660 Sibbald travelled to Leiden to study medicine. He then went to Paris and moved to Angers, where he graduated MD in 1662. After briefly living in London, he returned to Scotland in 1662, settling in Edinburgh. Sibbald was instrumental in developing Edinburgh’s physic garden, in the foundation of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and in the production of the 'Pharmacopeia Edinburgensis'. In 1685 he became the first professor of medicine at Edinburgh University. Sibbald was knighted in 1682 and appointed physician-in-ordinary to King Charles II, as well as serving as physician to his successor King James II and VII, he was also made geographer royal for Scotland.
Referred to as: Sibbald
DEP/DUA/1/23/06
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Sibbald, Robert (Sir)
