Science and Medicine
- Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet (1826–1893), physician and pathologist
- Sir David Gill (1843–1914), astronomer
- David Gregory (1659–1708), astronomer
- James Gregory (1638–1675), astronomer and mathematician
- William MacGillivray (1796–1852), naturalist and ornithologist
- Francis Masson (1741–1805), botanist
Read more about this topic: List Of Aberdonians
Famous quotes containing the words science and, science and/or medicine:
“The most useful and honorable science and occupation for a woman is the science of housekeeping. I know some that are miserly, very few that are good managers.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“When we say “science” we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science the vulgarized derivative from this pure activity manipulated by a sort of priestcraft into a great religious and political weapon.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)
“We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.”
—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (b. 1926)