Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823

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English anatomist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Lady Bentham, 1817 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622925

Scottish physician and pathologist.

From the description of Matthew Baillie letters, 1819-1820 and undated, [London]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34837320

Biographical Sketch: Cruikshank and Baillie were the best known successors to William Hunter the anatomist. Cruikshank was Hunter's partner and Baillie his nephew and student; he also inherited Hunter's anatomy theatre and museum. After Hunter's death in 1783, Baillie and Cruikshank became partners, however Baillie stopped lecturing in 1799 to focus on his medical practice. George Fordyce was a contemporary to Cruikshank and a teacher of Baillie.

From the description of [Lecture notes], [ca. 1790]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 55877948

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associatedWith Bentham, Mary Sophia (Fordyce), Lady, d. 1858, person
associatedWith Cruikshank, William A. person
associatedWith Fordyce, George, 1736-1802. person
correspondedWith Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 person
associatedWith Mather, George. person
associatedWith William Clift, 1775-1849 person
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Medical education
Medicine
Pathology
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Birth 1761-10-27

Death 1823-09-23

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