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MS 2539 - Skene family: University and professional diplomas

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 2539/1
Title	M.D. Diploma to Charles Skene from the University of Edinburgh
Date	1799
Extent	1 item
Creator Name	University of Edinburgh
Administrative History	Charles Skene (fl. 1795 - 1839) was descended from the Skenes of Drumbreck, a younger branch of the Skenes of Skene. He graduated MA from Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1795, and MD from Edinburgh, 1799. He was Professor of Medicine at Marischal College, Aberdeen, from 1823 to 1839. He had eight children: his fourth son, Alexander, was killed in the Indian Mutiny with his wife and two children.
Description	M.D. Diploma to Charles Skene from the University of Edinburgh, 24 June 1799. The degree was given subject to his publishing his paper entitled 'Disputatio medica inauguralis de apoplexia hydrocephalica' which was published in Edinburgh that year. The diploma was signed by the following figures: Joseph Black Alexander Monro Primus D. Rutherford Andreas Duncan Jacobus Home Thomas Cars Hope Jacobus Gregory Alexander Monro Secundus Alexander Hamilton A Hunger Gul[ielmus] Moodie W Hamilton A Tytler David Hume Johannes Wilde Dugaldus Stewart Andreas Dalzel [James] Robertson Johannes Still Johannes Playfair Jacobus Finlayson
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	The diploma is written on vellum in Latin. The seal is attached by pale blue ribbon and is in excellent condition. It shows a shield per saltire by the St Andrew's Cross. The top quarter holds a thistle and the bottom quarter, a castle.

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