Matthew Charteris MD FRSE LRCSE was a Scottish physician and academic who was the Regius Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Glasgow.
10 Facts About Matthew Charteris
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Matthew Charteris was the author of the standard medical textbook the Practice of Medicine.
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Matthew Charteris was an advocate of the influence of good climate upon health.
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Matthew Charteris was educated by his father at Wamphray Parish School before winning a place at the University of Edinburgh to study medicine.
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Matthew Charteris graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1863.
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Matthew Charteris lived nearby at 3 Kirklee Gardens in Kelvinside.
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Matthew Charteris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1896, his proposers being Patrick Heron Watson and John Batty Tuke.
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Matthew Charteris's photograph is held by the National Portrait Gallery in London.
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Matthew Charteris was the younger brother of Archibald Matthew Charteris, theologian and founder of the Woman's Guild.
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Matthew Charteris is buried with his parents in Wamphray churchyard.