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Alexander Stevenson (physician)Alexander Stevenson MD PRCPSG FRSE (1726–1791) was an 18th-century Scottish physician who co-founded the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. He was also twice President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1757 and 1773).[1] LifeHe was born in Edinburgh in 1725/26 the son of Dr John Stevenson. Some sources say he was born in Dolgain in Ayrshire.[2] He studied medicine at Glasgow University gaining his doctorate (MD) in 1746. He set up practice in Glasgow and from 1766 to 1789 was also Professor of Medicine at Glasgow University,[3] succeeding Prof Joseph Black.[4] On 29 October 1773 he had breakfast (also with Profs Reid and Anderson) with James Boswell and Dr Samuel Johnson during their famous tour of Scotland.[5] He lived his later years in a house on the east side of Virginia Street.[6] He died in Glasgow on 29 May 1791. FamilyHe was married to Jean Pickegg. His sister, Juliana Stevenson, was mother to Thomas Charles Hope.[7] Hope succeeded him in his role as Professor of Medicine following his retiral in 1789.[8] References
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