Person PX2091 Balfour; John Hutton (1808-1884); Botanist Balfour John Hutton 1808-1884 Botanist Male Born 15 September 1808, Edinburgh. Died 11 February 1884, Inverleith House, Edinburgh

1827 he was apprenticed to the professor of military surgery, Sir George Ballingall. On graduating as an MD in 1832 he went to Paris to continue his surgical studies before returning to Edinburgh in 1834 to take up private practice. 1835 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and served as its secretary for 10 years. In 1836 he established the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and in 1838 he founded the Edinburgh Botanical Club. In 1840 he began lecturing at the Edinburgh Academical School of Medicine and in 1841 he obtained the chair at Glasgow University which had been vacated by Sir William Hooker. In 1845 he returned to Edinburgh as professor of medicine and botany became regius keeper of the Royal Botanical Garden and was appointed Queen's botanist for Scotland. He retired in 1879. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society 1856. Eldest son of Andrew Balfour, an army surgeon and Magdalene, daughter of the Revd George Goldie, an Edinburgh minister Married Marion Spottiswood Bayley, daughter of Isaac Bayley. Had several children including Isaac Balfour Bayley (1853 - 1922) Phyto-Theology (1851) Yes Idealist Import 4namepers.txt 28/02/2004 NHM\laurb5 24/07/2018 01378590-957c-45be-9a6c-e7fbbf04b03b