Daniel Rutherford Haldane
Dr Daniel Rutherford Haldane FRSE PRCPE LLD was a prominent Scottish physician, who became president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1881.Life
His was born in Edinburgh the son of Rev James Alexander Haldane by his second wife Margaret Rutherford, a daughter of Professor Daniel Rutherford. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1848. He then undertook further postgraduate study in Vienna and Paris.
He became Resident Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and also served at the city's Dispensaries. He taught various medical subjects at the University of Edinburgh. He became Pathologist and Consulting Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1846 he served as President of the Royal Medical Society and President of the Harveian Society in 1880.
In 1867 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer was John Hutton Balfour. The University of Edinburgh awarded him a second honorary doctorate in 1883.
From 1879 to 1882 he served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
He died on 12 April 1887 at his home 22 Charlotte Square and is buried in the north-west section of the original sections of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.Family
On 17 September 1856 he married Charlotte Elizabeth Lowthrop, daughter of James Lowthrop of Welton Hall.
A bust of Haldane by Charles McBride is held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
