Monro, ALEXANDER

F.R.S., 1697-1767. First prof. of Anatomy in Edinburgh 1721-59. Osteology, 1726; Comparative Anatomy, 1744; Observations, 1758; Inoculation, 1765.-His son, ALEXANDER, 1733-1817, held the same chair 1759-1808, and wrote on The Nervous System, 1783; Fishes, 1785; Brain, Eye, and Ear, 1797.-A third ALEXANDER, 1773–1859, succeeded him, and pub. Anatomy, 1813.