Samuel Alexander Pagan

Samuel Alexander Pagan MD FRSE FRCSEd (1793–1867) was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon and obstetrician. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1846 to 1848 and President of the Harveian Society in 1849.

8 Melville Street, Edinburgh
The grave of Dr Pagan, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

Life

He was born on 22 February 1793 the son of William Pagan. The family moved to Edinburgh around 1800, to live at 13 York Place in the New Town [1] He originally trained as a soldier beginning as an Ensign in 1811 and rising to Lieutenant.[2] In 1815 he was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.[3][4]

He left the army in 1822 and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh where his teachers included Professor John William Turner, the professor of surgery. He qualified MD in 1824. He worked variously at the New Town Dispensary, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (then on Drummond Street) and the Royal Lunatic Asylum in south Edinburgh.

In the 1820s he is listed as a surgeon living at 16 Maitland Street in Edinburgh's West End.[5]

In 1846 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being David Maclagan.[6]

He temporarily removed to London being a member of the Camden Society in 1862.[7]

He died at home, 8 Melville Street[8] in Edinburgh's West End on 25 September 1867. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.[9] The grave lies at the east end of the concealed southern terrace. The parents of his second wife lie adjacent.

Family

He was married to Elizabeth Miller Mckenzie (1800–1837) daughter of Dr John MacKenzie (1754–1837). Their children included George Mckenzie Pagan (1827–1841).[10] Elizabeth died in childbirth and is buried with her parents in New Calton Burial Ground.[11]

After Elizabeth's death Samuel married Margaret Gray Gardner (1823–1908), 30 years his junior, and daughter of Dr Gilbert Ogilvie Gardner. Their children included Lt Col Gilbert Alexander Pagan (1855–1927).[11]

References
  1. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1800
  2. "Name: Samuel Alexander Pagan. Rank: Ensign to Lieutenant. Regiments: 33rd Regiment;..." The National Archives. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. Information from gravestone, Dean Cemetery
  4. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow. Library (1874). List of fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh [electronic resource] : from the year 1581 to 31st December 1873. University of Glasgow Library. Edinburgh : Printed by George Robb.
  5. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1827
  6. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  7. Cooper, W.D. (1862). Lists of Foreign Protestants and Aliens, Resident in England 1618-1688: From Returns in the State Paper Office. 82. Camden Society. p. 127. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1866–67
  9. "Dr Samuel Alexander Pagan (1793-1867)". Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  10. "www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQC8-6Z7". familysearch.org. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. Charles Sale. "Gravestone Photographs Resource grave details page". gravestonephotos.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.


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