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Dr William Craig FRSE FRCSE (1832-1922) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. He was an expert on ''jaborandi'' (an appetite suppressant).〔The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, by Timothy F Allen〕 He served as President of the Edinburgh Botanical Society. His collections and studies were largely focussed upon Perthshire in central Scotland.〔 http://herbariaunited.org/collector/14821/〕 ==Life== He was born in Avondale, South Lanarkshire on 28 March 1832 the son of John Craig a farmer at High Ploughland.〔Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1873-2002〕 He originally studied Arts and Divinity at Glasgow University, then in later life studied Medicine and more pharmaceutical type subjects, graduating MB CM at Edinburgh University in 1868. He qualified as a doctor (MD) in 1870. He lectured on Materia Medica and Therapeutics at Minto House on Chambers Street, Edinburgh and at the Extra-Mural Medical School at Surgeon's Hall. In 1875 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Hutton Balfour, Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan, Alexander Dickson and Thomas Alexander Goldie Balfour. In 1878 he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.〔Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1873-2002〕 He died at home, 71 Bruntsfield Place in south-west Edinburgh on 3 February 1922, aged 89. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Craig (botanist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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