John Hutton Balfour
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John Hutton Balfour was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Ke
Balfour in 1878
The grave of John Hutton Balfour, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh
William A. F. Browne
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Dr William Alexander Francis Browne was one of the most significant British asylum doctors of the nineteenth century. At Montrose Asylum in Angus and at the Crichton Royal in Dumfries, Browne introduc
John Hutton Balfour
…degrees of M.A. and then M.D., the latter in 1832. In Edinburgh, he became a notable member of the Plinian Society, where he encountered the phrenologist William A.F. Browne and entered the vigorous debates concerning natural history and theology. His original intention had been to seek ordination in the Church of Scotland…
Portrait of W.A.F. Browne Wellcome L0024381