Archibald Pitcairn grave monument in Greyfriars Private Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Archibald Pitcairn grave monument: legible names and details
| full name | burial date | age | birth date | relationship | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archibald Pitcairn | 1713 | 61 | 1652 | first name on monument | Probably the most famous celebrated physician of his time one of the three first professors of medicine in the Touis College later the University of Edinburgh (One of the other two Robert Sibbald though not buried here is commemorated by a plaque on the south wall) A supporter of Jacobite cause he lived life to the full and was impatient with the puritanical ways of the Presbyterian Scots He ordered a quantity of wine to be buried in his grave to be consumed only when the Stuart dynasty was restored His tomb was renovated in 1800 (and the wine apparently drunk) and again by the Royal College of Physicians of Scotland in 1952 |
Elizabeth Pitcairn | 1718 | daughter of Archibald Pitcairn | 8th March 1718 | ||
Margaret Pitcairn | 1777 | daughter of Archibald Pitcairn | August 1777 | ||
Janet Pitcairn | 1776 | daughter of Archibald Pitcairn | 7th June 1776 | ||
Lady Ann Erskine | 1803 | grand daughter of Archibald Pitcairn | 8th March 1803 | ||
Elizabeth Stevenson | 1734 | wife of Archibald Pitcairn | October 1734 |
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