Thomas Alexander Goldie Balfour
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Thomas Alexander Goldie (T. A. G.) Balfour FRCPE, FRSE ( 1825 - 10 March 1895)[1] was a Scottish physician and botanist.[2] He was the father of Sir Andrew Balfour.[3]
Life
Thomas Balfour graduated at the University of Edinburgh, Medical School, in 1851 with the thesis 'Alcohol as an etiological agent'.[4] He became a member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in 1868, and served as President of the society from 1877–1879, subsequently continuing as a Vice-President and Councillor.[2] He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1870.[2]
Works
- The Typical Character Of Nature, Or, All Nature A Divine Symbol
References
- ^ Br. Med. J. 23 March 1895; 1(1786): 679.
- ^ a b c Andrew Taylor (1896). "Obituary Notice Of Dr. Thomas Alexander Goldie Balfour, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.S.E." Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 20 (1–4): 449–451. doi:10.1080/03746609609468895.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Andrew (Sir) Balfour". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk.
- ^ Balfour, Thomas A. G. (1851). "Alcohol as an etiological agent".
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