Robert Dyce

Robert Dyce (born November 30, 1798 in Aberdeen , † January 11, 1869 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish general practitioner and professor of obstetrics at the University of Aberdeen .

Life

Grave of the Dyce family, Kirk of St Nicholas, Aberdeen

Dyce was born in Aberdeen as the eldest son of eight children of Margaret Chalmers Dyce (1776-1856) and William Dyce from Fonthill and Cuttlehill (1770-1835). In his early years he lived at No. Marischal Street. 48. His younger brother was the painter William Dyce . His uncle was General Alexander Dyce with the East India Company . Robert studied medicine at Marischal College in Aberdeen (MA 1816) and supplemented his knowledge both at the University of Edinburgh and in London. He joined the military and served in the military hospital in Chatham , moved to the staff of the new governor Lowry Cole in 1821 to Mauritius and then in the Cape Colony until 1833. In 1832, Dyce Antoinetta married Louisa Stoll (1813-1886), the daughter of a high-ranking administrative employee. The marriage resulted in three boys and three girls.

In South Africa , Dyce was a founding member of the South African Institution, one of the two predecessor organizations of the Royal Society of South Africa . Dyce could have remained in high standing in the Cape Colony, but he returned to Britain with the governor in 1833. He was a job in Maidstone ( Kent assigned), where he remained until his father's 1836 death. His family urged him to settle in Aberdeen and so he quit his job and took over his father's great practice along with other obligations.

In 1841 he began lecturing at Marischal College. When the two Aberdeen colleges were merged into the University of Aberdeen in 1860, his position became a full professorship with Dyce as the first professor. In addition to occasional medical publications, Dyce pursued his hobbies, entomology and ichthyology .

In 1864 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , proposed by Cosmo Innes .

Dyce died in Edinburgh on 1869, seeking medical assistance after a few health problems. The likely cause of death was acute bilateral pneumonia. He was buried in his parents' grave on the south side of the Kirk of St Nicholas on Union Street in Aberdeen.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Dr Robert Dyce. In: FindAGrave website. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h unknown: Obituary. (PDF) Robert Dyce, MD, Aberdeen. In: British Medical Journal. British Medical Association, January 23, 1869, p. 90 , accessed October 28, 2019 .
^ Leigh Davin Bregman: "Snug Little Coteriers": A History of Scientific Societies in Early Nineteenth Century Cape Town, 1824-1835 . UMI Dissertation, London 2004, p. 116–166 (doctoral thesis to obtain a doctorate in philosophy).
^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 - 2002 . The Royal Society of Edinburgh, July 2006, ISBN 0902198 84 X .

personal data
SURNAME	Dyce, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish surgeon, obstetrician and Regius Professor at the University of Aberdeen
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aberdeen , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1869
Place of death	Edinburgh

[findagrave-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Dr Robert Dyce. In: FindAGrave website. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .

[BMJ1869-01-23-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h unknown: Obituary. (PDF) Robert Dyce, MD, Aberdeen. In: British Medical Journal. British Medical Association, January 23, 1869, p. 90 , accessed October 28, 2019 .

[Bregman2004-3] Leigh Davin Bregman: "Snug Little Coteriers": A History of Scientific Societies in Early Nineteenth Century Cape Town, 1824-1835 . UMI Dissertation, London 2004, p. 116–166 (doctoral thesis to obtain a doctorate in philosophy).

[RSEDyceR-4] Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 - 2002 . The Royal Society of Edinburgh, July 2006, ISBN 0902198 84 X .