Famous Alumni
Medical students at the University of St Andrews have included:
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Whytt | MA 1730, MD 1737 | President of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, wrote book on diseases of the nervous system | |
| Jean-Paul Marat | MD 1775 | Radical pro-revolutionary journalist during the French Revolution | |
| Edward Jenner | MD 1792 | Discovered the smallpox vaccine | |
| Joseph Bancroft | MD 1859 | surgeon and parasitologist, discovered filariasis, made advances in leprosy | |
| Sir Douglas Black | MB ChB 1943 | Author of the Black Report; former President of the Royal College of Physicians | |
| Sir James Black | MB ChB 1946 | Inventor of Propanolol; Developer of Cimetidine and Ranitidine; Nobel Prize in Medicine winner; Chancellor of the University of Dundee | |
| John Garrow | MD, PhD | Chairman of HealthWatch, editor of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
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Famous quotes containing the word famous:
“When I was bound apprentice, in famous Lincolnshire,
Full well I served my master for more than seven year,
Till I took up poaching, as you shall quickly hear:
Oh, ‘tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year.”
—Unknown. The Lincolnshire Poacher (l. 1–4)