Andrew Halliday (physician)
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Sir Andrew Halliday KH, MD |
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Source: Wellcome Library, London
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17 March 1782 Copewood, parish of Dryfesdale, Dumfries, Scotland |
| Died | 7 September 1839 (aged 57) Dumfries, Scotland |
| Resting place | Saint Michael's, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, UK |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Other names | Andrew Hallidie |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | physician |
| Years active | 1806-1837 |
| Known for | Royal physician to William IV and Queen Victoria, military surgeon, author, reformer |
| Notable work | Annals of the house of Hanover; A General View of the Present State of Lunatics, and Lunatic Asylums; The West Indies: the Nature and Physical History of the Windward and Leeward Colonies |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Carmichael |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Halliday, esq. and Margaret Porteous |
| Relatives | Andrew Smith Hallidie, nephew |
Sir Andrew Halliday, KH (also spelt Hallidie; 17 March 1782 in Copewood, parish of Dryfesdale, Dumfries – 7 September 1839 in Dumfries) was a Scottish physician, reformer, and writer.
He was born in Copeland, Dryfsedale in Dumfriesshire.
When he was nine years old, Halliday had to earn his own living by tending cattle because of his father's financial problems. He later advanced himself by qualifying as a schoolteacher. Halliday subsequently entered the University of Edinburgh and started training for the Presbyterian ministry, but switched to medicine, his preference. He graduated with an MD on 24 June 1806 from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis entitled De pneumatosi that he later published as a book. After travelling in Russia, he set up in practice at Halesowen, Shropshire.
In 1807, he became a surgeon in the 13th Light Dragoons. Whilst in the British Army, Halliday served in the Napoleonic Wars in Portugal, Spain, and the West Indies, at the Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814) and the Battle of Waterloo.
He was later the domestic physician to the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (who became William IV), and traveled on the continent with him. In 1817, he was made a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and, in 1819, of the Royal College of Physicians, London. While traveling on the continent, he became familiar with the medical applications of iodine, introducing it to Britain upon his return in 1819 and publishing an article on it in 1821. He was appointed a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1820 and a Knight Bachelor in 1821. In August 1827 he was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. In 1829, he helped to establish King's College London. He also served as the majesty's justice of the peace for the county of Middlesex.
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