William Fergusson ( 1808 - 1877 )

Birth: Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland (20 March 1808) Death: London (10 or 11 February 1877) Burial: West Linton, Peeblesshire Profession: Surgeon Career: Employed in a lawyer's office before studying medicine at Edinburgh; Demonstrator of Anatomy to Robert Knox; Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Dispensary (1831); Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1836); moved to London (1840); Professor of Surgery, King's College, London (1840-1870); Surgeon, King's College Hospital, London (by 1848); Surgeon in ordinary to the Prince Consort (1849); Sergeant Surgeon to Queen Victoria (1867); improved the treatment of cleft palate (hare lip); he was also a carpenter, violinist and fly-fisher; wrote 'System of practical surgery' (1842); died of Bright's disease Honours: Bt 1866 Memberships: FRSE; FRCSE (1829); MRCS (1840); FRCS (1844) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/06/1848.