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    Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet, FRSE, FRCSE, FRCPE (18 July 1797 – 27 January 1882) was a Scottish toxicologist and physician who served as president...
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  • Robert Christison (1797–1882) was a Scottish toxicologist and physician Robert Christison may also refer to: Robert Christison (pastoralist) (1837–1915)...
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  • General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison, 4th Baronet, GBE, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (17 November 1893 – 21 December 1993) was a British Army officer who...
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  • Christison is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Christison, (1751–1820), Scottish educator and mathematician Dan Christison...
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    Robert Christison (8 January 1837 – 25 October 1915) was a pastoralist in Australia. Christison was born in Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland, sixth son...
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    used for its medicinal value. However, before its discovery by Sir Robert Christison in 1846, it was much more prevalent as an ordeal poison. The positive...
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    created on 28 November 1871 for the Scottish toxicologist and physician Robert Christison. The fourth Baronet was a general in the British Army and commanding...
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    examined Docherty's body, two forensic specialists were appointed, Robert Christison and William Newbigging; they reported that it was probable the victim...
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  • Sir Alexander Christison, 2nd Baronet (26 August 1828 – 14 October 1918) was a member of the Edinburgh Christison medical dynasty. He was one of the first...
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    colleagues in the Medical Faculty, in particular the influential Sir Robert Christison. He was also concerned that awarding the scholarship to a woman would...
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    CyberPalate LLC. 1997. Archived from the original on 1998-01-25. Sir Robert Christison (1842). A dispensatory, or commentary on the pharmacopoeias of Great...
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    pupils included several eminent physicians: William Alison Robert Christison John Elliotson Robert Liston James Syme Thomas Stewart Traill Crural Hernia Modified...
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    Lamson had learned about aconitine as a medical student from professor Robert Christison, who had taught that it was undetectable—but forensic science had...
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    when the important nature of the figure became apparent, asked Sir Robert Christison, of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, to undertake further research...
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    in my view, on the one hand the Edinburgh University led by Sir Robert Christison, on the other the women claimants led by Dr Sophia Jex-Blake. In 1874...
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    with the support of medical faculty, particularly from Professor Robert Christison, for whom Craig worked as class assistant and who was explicitly opposed...
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  • of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1880. His proposers were Sir Robert Christison, Sir Alexander Grant, Alexander Campbell Fraser and Peter Guthrie...
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  • Jubilee Bursaries. He was a close friend of both Thomas Chalmers and Robert Christison. He was born Richard Halliday Gunnion on 12 December 1818 at Wood...
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    Radcliffe Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84619-179-4 Christison, Robert (1885), The Life of Sir Robert Christison, William Blackwood and Sons Gordon, R. Michael...
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    Handbuch der Arzneiverordnungslehre. Vol. I. Berlin. p. 99. Sir Robert Christison (1842). A dispensatory, or commentary on the pharmacopoeias of Great...
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    granddaughter of Prof Alexander Christison and niece of Robert Christison. She was the sister of his friend Dr David Christison. Together they had a son and...
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    Territory border, some 2,100 km, taking seven months. In the early 1870s, Robert Christison overlanded 7,000 sheep from Queensland to Adelaide, a distance of...
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    Engineer and that of the medical man overlap." With the assent of Robert Christison, the concept took hold in Edinburgh and Saint Andrews, then in Newport...
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    Retrieved 16 August 2013. Christison, p. 10. Christison, p. 11. Christison, p. 13–14. Christison, p. 14. Christison, p. 14–15. Christison, p. 16. Howstat. "Allan...
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    (33), Baron Hume (34), Robert Kerr, Lord Kerr (38), Robert Christison and his sons Sir Alexander Christison and David Christison (40), William Thomas Thomson...
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    British Museum (category Robert Smirke (architect) buildings)
    explorers such as Sir George Grey, Sir Frederick Broome, Joseph Bradshaw, Robert Christison, Gregory Mathews, Frederick Meinertzhagen, Thomas Mitchell and Arthur...
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    ambulance driver during World War I, awarded the Military Medal Sir Robert Christison (1797–1882), toxicologist and physician Sir James Clark (1788–1870)...
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    Geikie, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, John Gray McKendrick, and Sir Robert Christison. On his return in the following year he found himself famous. In 1884...
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  • Wenlock Christison (before 1660 – c. 1679) was the last person to be sentenced to death in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for being a Quaker. Four people...
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    January 13 – Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop (b. 1812) January 27 – Robert Christison, Scottish toxicologist, physician (b. 1797) February 5 – Elizabeth...
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