John Goodsir (1814–67)

Scottish surgeon and anatomist. Surgeon in Anstruther, Fifeshire, 1835–40. Conservator, museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1841–3. Conservator, human and comparative anatomy, Edinburgh University museum, 1840; curator, anatomy and pathology museum, 1843; demonstrator in anatomy, 1844; professor of anatomy, 1846. FRS 1846.