The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefi
Arms of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
The cover of a 1788 volume of the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This is the issue where James Hutton published his Theory of the Earth.
Front Hall of Royal Society of Edinburgh building
The Royal Society building, at the junction of George Street and Hanover Street in the New Town, Edinburgh
Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish toxicologist and physician who served as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and as president of the British Medical Associatio
Bust of Robert Christison by William Brodie, 1871, Old College, University of Edinburgh
Christison's home at 3 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh
Christison grave, New Calton Cemetery