Alexander Crichton ( 1763 - 1856 )

Birth: Edinburgh (02 December 1763) Death: The Grove, near Sevenoaks, Kent (04 June 1856) Burial: Norwood cemetery, Surrey Profession: Physician Surgeon Education: MD (1785, Leyden); LCP (1791 Career: Apprenticed to a surgeon in Edinburgh; lived in the house of Meckel, the anatomist, whilst studying in Halle; Physician, Westminster Hospital (1794); Physician to the Duke of Cambridge; Physician to Tzar Alexander I of Russia (1804); returned to England (1819) Honours: Kt 1821 Memberships: Corporation of Surgeons, but was disenfranchised Membership: Fellow Election Date: 8/05/1800.