MORISON

Sir Alexander (son of Andrew Morison of Anchor field near Edinburgh). b. Anchor field 1 May 1779; ed. at high sch. and univ. of Edinb.; M.D. 12 Sept. 1799; L.C.P. Edinb. 1800, F.C.P. Edinb. 1801; removed from Edinb. to London 1808; L.R.C.P. London 11 April 1808, F.R.C.P. 10 July 1841; inspecting physician of lunatic asylums in Surrey 1810; physician to Bethlehem hospital 7 May 1835; physician to prince Charlotte and prince Leopold 1816; knighted at St. James’s palace 18 July 1838; author of Outlines of lectures on mental diseases 1825; Cases of mental disease with practical observations on the medical treatment 1828; The physiognomy of mental diseases 1840. d. Balerno Hill house near Edinburgh 14 March 1866. bur. Currie churchyard 20 March. Munk’s College of physicians iii 61 (1878).