Alexander Reid (doctor)

Alexander Reid (1586?–1643 also Read, Rheedes) was a Scottish physician to Charles I of England.[1][2][3]

His brother Thomas Reid (humanist) was Greek and Latin secretary to James 1.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Lane Furdell - The Royal Doctors, 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and ... 2001- Page 128 Charles I nominated Alexander Reid as his physician in Scotland. Reid, an Aberdonian M.D. by Page 132 " Also signing the report were several midwives and surgeons including Alexander Reid (Read, Rheedes), William Clowes, James and Aurelia Molins, ..."
  2. ↑ The Scottish Nation: Or the Surnames, Families, Literature, William Anderson - 1867... - Volume 3 - Page 334 "This brother, Alexander Reid, an eminent physician, was the first, it is said, who read physical lectures to the Company of barber-chirurgeons at London. In 1620 he was created doctor of physio at Oxford by royal mandate. He was afterwards ...
  3. ↑ The Scots Magazine; Or, General Repository of Literature, History, ... - Volume 65 1803 - Page 37 "Alexander Reid, the third son, was physician to King Charles the First, and published several books on surgery and medicine. The fortune he acquired in the course of his practice was considerable, and enabled him (besides many legacies to ..."
  4. ↑ Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and ... - Volume 2 - Page 1767 Samuel Austin Allibone, John Foster Kirk - 1870 "Reid, Thomas, brother of Alexander Reid, physician to Charles 1., (mpru,) and of the same family as the succeeding, was Greek and Latin Secretary to James I. He collected in a volume the Theses he had defended at foreign universities; and ..."

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