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UNDOUBTEDLY 1809 was an annus mirabilis. Nineteen hundred and nine is, therefore, the hundredth anniversary of the birth of certain great ones in letters, in politics, and in science. Several epoch-makers have their statues in the intellectual Valhalla of the nation, but it would not be well if we allowed the statues on their pedestals to make us overlook the busts in the smaller niches. One of the busts in the Hall of Shades is that of the Scotsman, John Reid, born April 9, 1809, the son of a cattle-dealer, dying July 30, 1849, Chandos professor of anatomy and medicine in the United College of St. Salvator and St. Leonard in the University of St. Andrews. Forty-nine years only intervened— they were filled with the activities of a strenuous Scottish character.
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HARRIS, D. John Reid, 1809–1849. Nature 81, 163–165 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081163b0
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